“That was a wierd dream.”
Spelling Entry 1374 / 1605 60-second read
Weird vs. Wierd
E before I — yet another exception.
The comparisoni
“That was a weird dream — WEIRD is E-before-I, breaking the rhyme.”
The ruleii
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W-E-I-R-D.
"I before E except after C" was always a rough guide. WEIRD is one of the most-cited counter-examples. Other holdouts: SEIZE, EITHER, NEITHER, HEIGHT, FOREIGN.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
"WE are weIrd" — keep the E first.