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The full rhyme is 'I before E except after C', but sounding like 'ay' as in 'neighbour' or 'weigh'. NO, it's

i before e except after c, WHEN the sound is ee (as in meet).

The EE sound and the C are important but don't expect there to be NO exceptions: you might think of seize, as well as protein and caffeine: -ein and -(e)ine refer to their chemical classifications. Then there's species.

Plurals of words like fancy-fancies are not thought of as exceptions, as you wouldn't expect anyone not to follow the rule that vowel+y=>ys monkey/s,while consonant+y=>ies

Otherwise, the normal pronunciation of ei is as in vein. Then there's heifer, as [heffer] and leisure the same - though Americans say lee-.

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