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The item was so off the radar, Ms. Swanson Beard says, “we had a hard time deciding if we were going to spell it -ie or -ey.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2015
Formerly, however, these words ended in -ie, and the real ending is therefore -s.
From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt
Diminutives are also formed, in colloquial and familiar language, by adding -y or -ie to the names, as Charley, Mousie, &c.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
In the word doggie for dog, lassie for lass, the addition of the -ie makes the word not so much a diminutive as a term of tenderness or endearment.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Sing. of such Adjectives ends in -ie, not in ī.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
