Sheila or Shiela?
For some reason, I feel like Sheila is correct, but the word shield is i before e....
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Except after C, or in sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh.
I think it falls into the "sounding like A" camp since it's from the Irish. they would say it more like Shay-la
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@MaryM: I've never heard the second part to that saying! Interesting!
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I before E rule is incorrect something like 75% of the time.
It is definitely Sheila.
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Sheila
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I was having the same concern about my daughter's spelling! (Keira vs Kiera).
I think Sheila is definitely the more common spelling
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It is definitely Sheila. And the little rhyme is not the end all, be all for English spelling. Our language is weird! (See - there's another word that doesn't fit the rhyme!)
According to Wiki, Sheila is a common given name for a female, derived from the Irish name Síle/Sìle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of Cecilia. So maybe the C of Cecilia is what lends Sheila to the "ei" versus "ie" spelling.
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@Mrs.KMM: I think Irish people just loved their vowels and tried to use as many as possible.
How Aoife = Eva will forever puzzle me (though I do think the name is pretty!)
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Sheila as in She-la. However a friend of mine pronounces her name Shay-la and it's spelled EI.
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@swurlygurl: Keira like Kear-ra, Kiera like Key air ra...which name did you pick? Am I pronouncing it correctly?
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: The first - Kear-ra, and that's why I chose that spelling, I didn't want people being confused by the pronunciation. I actually wanted Kira, but DH didn't like that spelling
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@swurlygurl: the name that always trips me up is Lara. The first person I knew with this name was a little camper and she pronounced it Lair - uh like Larry. Almost every other Lara pronounces it closer to Laura with that strong R sound.
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My mom's name is Sheilah, spelt with the h, but I see it spelt more without the h.
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It's Sheila. The whole I before E rule makes me think of comedian Brian Regan's bit on it:
"Brian, what's the i before e rule?"
"I before e... ALWAYS."
"What are you, an idiot, Brian?"
"Apparently."
"No, Brian, it's, "I before E EXCEPT after C, AND when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh, and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll always be wrong no matter WHAT you say!"
It is definitely Sheila.
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