<P> Words where ei, not preceded by c, represents the vowel of FLEECE (/ iː /), are the only exceptions to the strictest British interpretation of the "long e" version of the rhyme . Less strict interpretations admit as exceptions those words where eir, not preceded by c, represents the vowel of NEAR (/ ɪər /). </P> <P> Some categories of exception: </P> <Ul> <Li> Many proper names, often because they are adopted from other languages . Fowler says the rule "is useless with proper names"; Carney says "As one might expect of any rule, there are likely to be even more exceptions in names, many of which are Scottish": <Ul> <Li> forenames and surnames Keith, Neil, Sheila, Stein, etc . </Li> <Li> placenames Leith, Keighley, Rheims, Raleigh, etc . </Li> <Li> Eid in the names of Muslim holidays (Eid ul - Fitr, Eid al - Adha, etc .) </Li> <Li> others like Cassiopeia </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Chemical names ending in - ein or - eine (caffeine, casein, codeine, phthalein, protein, etc .). Here - ein (e) was originally pronounced as two syllables / iː. ɪn / </Li> <Li> Scottish English words (deil, deid, weill, etc .) Mark Wainwright writes "There are many exceptions in Scots, so speakers with a large Scots vocabulary may as well give up on this rule ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> Many proper names, often because they are adopted from other languages . Fowler says the rule "is useless with proper names"; Carney says "As one might expect of any rule, there are likely to be even more exceptions in names, many of which are Scottish": <Ul> <Li> forenames and surnames Keith, Neil, Sheila, Stein, etc . </Li> <Li> placenames Leith, Keighley, Rheims, Raleigh, etc . </Li> <Li> Eid in the names of Muslim holidays (Eid ul - Fitr, Eid al - Adha, etc .) </Li> <Li> others like Cassiopeia </Li> </Ul> </Li>

How many words in the english language do not follow the i before e rule