I before E except after C

What about in weird ??????

 

wierd

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C

 

Reitard

 

oh sheit

 

Sythei

 

I before E except after C
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"I before E, except after C" is a mnemonic device devised to help students remember how to spell certain words in the English language. It means that, in words where i and e fall together, the order is ie, except directly following c, when it is ei. Examples:
ie in words like siege, friend, thief
ei in words like ceiling, receive, deceive, conceit
However, the rule, in its short form as above, has many common exceptions, such as species, science, sufficient, ancient, society (where ie follows c) or seize, weird, theism, weight, protein, sovereignty, foreign, vein, feisty, kaleidoscope, being, and neighbour "their" (where ei is not preceded by c). More exceptions are listed below. Various augmentations to the rhyme have been proposed to handle these exceptions.
In June 2009, the British government advised primary school teachers to stop teaching the rule.[1]