I before E, except after C, or when sounded as ‘a’ as in NEIGHBOUR and WEIGH; or when it appears in comparatives and superlatives like FANCIER; or when the C sounds as ’sh’ as in GLACIER; or when the vowel sounds like ‘e’ as in SEIZE; or ‘i’ as in HEIGHT; or compound words such as ALBEIT; or in ‘ing’ inflections of words that end in ‘e’, like QUEUING; or in technical words that have a strong entomological link to their parent languages, such as CUNEIFORM and CAFFEINE; and in numerous other random exceptions such as SCIENCE, FORFEIT and WEIRD.
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