How do you pronounced the word "either"?

Question

Do you prefer to say "EE-thur" or "EYE-thur? And regardless of which way you say it, where are you from?

Answer 1

either way......

sorry - had to do that - I say EE-thur
Ohio

Answer 2

I say both but usually EE-thur, I'm from Southern California

Answer 3

EE-thur (either) down here in Texas

Answer 4

I say ee' thur. I'm from the Floridian South.

When I hear someone say it as eye' thur I immediatly pull up images of Thurston Howell the third and his wife. It sounds so pretentious to my relaxed ears to hear it spoken so "formally".

Answer 5

I say ee-thur and I am from the Netherlands.

Answer 6

The Americans pronounced it as "ee-thur" but the British pronounced it as "eye-thur". So it depends on which one is more convenient to you. Either pronunciation is correct. As for me, I think it is more correct to follow the "Queen's English" rather than "Cowboy's English, Hollywood English or President Bush's English." Just for fun. It is time to be jolly, isn't it?

Answer 7

i sometimes like to say ee-thur, but i sometimes say eye-thur, and i'm from canada

Answer 8

ee-thur sounds better in Brisbane,Qls - Australia.

As you make your way westwards you may happen upon the EYE variation more often, though.

Merry Christmas ^ - ^

Answer 9

I say it both ways, and I think it depends somehow in the sounds in the preceeding words. I do the same thing with "neither" (nee-ther and nye-ther).

And for the record, I am a native Oregonian, born and raised right here (though my grandparents are from Texas and Colorado).

Answer 10

ee-ther

from Missouri

Answer 11

ee-thur