Is there an official number of exceptions to the "i before e except after c" rule?

zbeckabee

There are well over 100 such exceptions, says David Crystal in "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language," with IE following C, or EI following just about anything it chooses. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,590045106,00.html May 30 06, 6:29 PM

silvermace

o and theres also other parts of the ditty, like: i before e except after c or when sounded as "I" as in Einstein Or "A" as in weigh. said the website in http://www.spelling.org/Books/Mastering_I_before_E.htm and one that i learned is like i before e, except after c, or when sounding like long a, as in neighbor and weigh May 30 06, 6:47 PM

Dragonkin

I always heard it: "I before E, except after C, and when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh." May 30 06, 10:34 PM