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Thread #172238   Message #4170259
Posted By: Mrrzy
18-Apr-23 - 09:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: words that are hard to spell
Subject: RE: BS: words that are hard to spell
I before E
Except after C
Unless pronounced A
As in neighbor or weigh
Exceptions: neither (is it) weird (for) foreigners (to) seize (their) leisure.

People only taught that first line or 2 are led astray.

Leisure, on a separate note, is one of the truly rare words in English with a soft j sound. No preceding D sound like in Judge or juniper.