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Post by katlady on Apr 17, 2024 19:58:01 GMT
How do you pronounce “either”? And I guess along the same line, “neither”? I-ther or EE-ther?
I tend to say “I-ther”, but I say “Nee-ther”. This came up today in a conversation. We laughed when we jokingly corrected each other.
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Post by pantsonfire on Apr 17, 2024 19:59:47 GMT
Ee-thr
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Post by scrappert on Apr 17, 2024 20:01:14 GMT
Automatically, ee-thr But I have said it the other way too on a whim!
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Post by gar on Apr 17, 2024 20:17:10 GMT
Eye-ther and n’eye-ther 😊 UK pea if it matters 😊
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Post by katiescarlett on Apr 17, 2024 20:25:03 GMT
I say it both ways!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Apr 17, 2024 20:32:39 GMT
Both, depends on the words around it.
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Post by busy on Apr 17, 2024 20:36:53 GMT
It depends
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Post by cadoodlebug on Apr 17, 2024 20:39:13 GMT
Automatically, ee-thr But I have said it the other way too on a whim!
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Post by quinlove on Apr 17, 2024 20:44:35 GMT
Ha. I’ve been thinking about this word a lot lately. I’m watching Suits, for the first time ( love, love, love it ) and they say * I ther * a hundred times an episode. It almost bugs me. I say - Ee ther.
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Post by littlemama on Apr 17, 2024 20:46:37 GMT
Generally ee-ther
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 17, 2024 20:51:52 GMT
I say EE-ther but my DD says I-ther. Not exactly sure where she got that from, pretty sure DH says EE-ther too.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Apr 17, 2024 20:57:53 GMT
Eye-ther and n’eye-ther 😊 UK pea if it matters 😊
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Post by gillyp on Apr 17, 2024 21:31:19 GMT
Eye-ther and n’eye-ther 😊 UK pea if it matters 😊
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Post by dewryce on Apr 17, 2024 21:37:06 GMT
How do you pronounce “either”? And I guess along the same line, “neither”? I-ther or EE-ther? I tend to say “I-ther”, but I say “Nee-ther”. This came up today in a conversation. We laughed when we jokingly corrected each other. Same as you.
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Post by FrozenPea on Apr 17, 2024 21:43:53 GMT
I didn't answer because I say it both ways.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 17, 2024 21:48:46 GMT
I do both! Either, either, neither, neither, let's call the whole thing off.
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Post by peasapie on Apr 17, 2024 22:54:08 GMT
eeee-ther and nye-ther.
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Post by Linda on Apr 18, 2024 0:24:26 GMT
Eye-ther and n’eye-ther 😊 UK pea if it matters 😊 same
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 18, 2024 0:34:17 GMT
Aaaaargh, you had an option for "neither one" but no option for "both". I say it both ways, but I have no idea under what circumstances I would say eye-thuh and when I would say ee-thuh.
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Post by peabay on Apr 18, 2024 0:48:12 GMT
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 18, 2024 1:00:34 GMT
Either way.
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Post by grammadee on Apr 18, 2024 1:00:39 GMT
One or the other. I think I am more likely to say EYEther at the beginning of a sentence, either in the middle.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 18, 2024 1:07:13 GMT
Aaaaargh, you had an option for "neither one" but no option for "both". I say it both ways, but I have no idea under what circumstances I would say eye-thuh and when I would say ee-thuh. Wait, so you don’t say the r at the end?
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 18, 2024 1:32:06 GMT
Aaaaargh, you had an option for "neither one" but no option for "both". I say it both ways, but I have no idea under what circumstances I would say eye-thuh and when I would say ee-thuh. Wait, so you don’t say the r at the end? Australians don't pronounce R at the end of words. We pronounce it as 'uh' or 'ah'. butter = butt-uh car = cah Peter = Pee-tuh star = stah
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Post by myshelly on Apr 18, 2024 1:34:59 GMT
Wait, so you don’t say the r at the end? Australians don't pronounce R at the end of words. We pronounce it as 'uh' or 'ah'. butter = butt-uh car = cah Peter = Pee-tuh star = stah But sometimes you add r to the end of words, right? Like no is naur?
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Post by Lurkingpea on Apr 18, 2024 1:35:10 GMT
Both, depends on the words around it. That is the way I am.
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 18, 2024 1:56:23 GMT
Australians don't pronounce R at the end of words. We pronounce it as 'uh' or 'ah'. butter = butt-uh car = cah Peter = Pee-tuh star = stah But sometimes you add r to the end of words, right? Like no is naur? OMG hahahaha!! I have heard non-Australians imitate us saying no, exactly as you have written it! I personally don't pronounce it like that, but I have heard it pronounced that way. Definitely by Prue and Trude on the TV show Kath & Kim. But that's an exaggerated example. Depending on whether you're from Melbourne or Sydney, we pronounce the word 'here' differently. Sydney = one syllable, a drawn out heeeh Melbourne = two syllables, hee-uh
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Post by mimima on Apr 18, 2024 2:20:37 GMT
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Post by Katiepotatie on Apr 18, 2024 3:01:56 GMT
I use both.
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Post by miominmio on Apr 18, 2024 4:58:09 GMT
Eye-ther and n’eye-ther 😊 UK pea if it matters 😊 I’m in Norway, and this is how it was taught at school. These days kids get to pronounce «the American way».
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