E-I is also used in special words that merit careful study. E before I after c: Seizure, leisure, seize, sheik, protein, weird, either, neither, codeine, caffeine.
17 seconds sound clip from the A Boy Named Charlie Brown movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:36:56.080 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Right, that keeps the spelling stable.
- 'Sleigh, Stein, Fahrenheit.'
- Excepting, 'fiery, hierarchy, hieroglyphic.'
- Only one word in the language ends in s-e-d-e. Supersede.
- Three others end in c-e-e-d. Exceed, proceed, succeed.
- All others end in c-e-d-e. Accede, concede, intercede, precede, recede, secede.
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