An open list of 42 words by pterodactyl.
- sheik was added by pterodactyl and appears on 8 other lists
- seize was added by pterodactyl and appears on 25 other lists
- weird was added by pterodactyl and appears on 47 other lists
- foreign was added by pterodactyl and appears on 29 other lists
- caffeine was added by pterodactyl and appears on 21 other lists
- apartheid was added by pterodactyl and appears on 20 other lists
- deity was added by pterodactyl and appears on 38 other lists
- heifer was added by pterodactyl and appears on 29 other lists
- leisure was added by pterodactyl and appears on 18 other lists
- being was added by pterodactyl and appears on 20 other lists
- either was added by pterodactyl and appears on 12 other lists
- height was added by pterodactyl and appears on 10 other lists
- seismograph was added by pterodactyl and appears on 10 other lists
- neither was added by pterodactyl and appears on 11 other lists
- reign was added by pterodactyl and appears on 12 other lists
- sovereign was added by pterodactyl and appears on 61 other lists
- forfeit was added by pterodactyl and appears on 18 other lists
- heir was added by pterodactyl and appears on 15 other lists
- protein was added by pterodactyl and appears on 14 other lists
- stein was added by pterodactyl and appears on 15 other lists
- codeine was added by pterodactyl and appears on 9 other lists
- feisty was added by pterodactyl and appears on 42 other lists
- heist was added by pterodactyl and appears on 26 other lists
- deign was added by pterodactyl and appears on 79 other lists
- feint was added by pterodactyl and appears on 37 other lists
- veil was added by pterodactyl and appears on 41 other lists
- reindeer was added by pterodactyl and appears on 18 other lists
- counterfeit was added by pterodactyl and appears on 42 other lists
- albeit was added by mollusque and appears on 81 other lists
- beige was added by mollusque and appears on 33 other lists
- zeitgeist was added by mollusque and appears on 306 other lists
- weisenheimer was added by mollusque and appears on 5 other lists
- geisha was added by sobriquet and appears on 17 other lists
- skein was added by sobriquet and appears on 71 other lists
- meiosis was added by sobriquet and appears on 29 other lists
- peignoir was added by sobriquet and appears on 22 other lists
- their was added by sobriquet and appears on 13 other lists
- feign was added by bilby and appears on 71 other lists
- ("or when sounded like A, as in neighbor and weigh") was added by WDitot and appears on just this list
- surfeit was added by WDitot and appears on 142 other lists
- inveigled was added by PossibleUnderscore and appears on 4 other lists
- eight was added by PossibleUnderscore and appears on 24 other lists
pterodactyl Hi WDitot -- Thanks for your suggestion!
I did think about adding the second line of the mnemonic, but I decided against it. Here's why: I personally see that line as an unsuccessful attempt to patch up a fundamentally flawed rule. Yes, we could adhere to the full mnemonic and exclude the "sounded as A" words from this list, but that would barely make a dent in the list. There would still be hundreds of exceptions to the mnemonic rule, which is really the whole point of this list: I think the "I before E" rule is claptrap. Balderdash. Elegant folderol. I made this list in order to demonstrate how silly the rule is.
For a fun perspective on this issue, take a look at the video I linked to in my comment at the bottom of the page. Jan 16, 2011
WDitot Perhaps you should put further qualification on the list, as the longer common mnemonic is:
I before E, except after C,
Or when sounded like A, as in neighbor and weigh. Jan 15, 2011
ruzuzu *favorited* Feb 7, 2010
pterodactyl ...and here is an excellent explanation of the whole "I-before-E" problem. Feb 7, 2010