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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

Sing. of such Adjectives ends in -ie, not in ī.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

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)

Vocative case, 17; 19, 1; —— of Greek proper names in -ās, 47, 4; —— of adjs. in -ius, 63, 1; 171; —— in -ī for -ie, 25, 1; —— position of, 350, 3.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

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