is niether pronounced "n-ee-ther" or "n-eye-ther" I know it's seems like a stupid question but I've always heard it pronounced "n-ee-ther" but I grew up in school with "n-eye-ther" and i'm jus curious...
2007-07-18 13:49:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Technically, it should be n-ee-ther, although I often say n-eye-ther.
2007-07-18 13:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by teach2learn0707 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
N-eye-ther.
2007-07-18 13:52:22 · answer #2 · answered by David P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word should be spelled "neither". In Germany (I was stationed there for 2 years) the predominant rule for pronouncing words with the letter combos of "ie" or "ei" is that the sound assumes the sound of the second letter in the combo. Therefore "Klein" is pronounced "Kline" and the word "Dienstag" is pronounced "Deen-shtag". Dienstag is the German word for Tuesday. Mis-pronunciations come over periods of time due to many reasons. I get a kick out of people that cannot pronounce their own names due to those reasons. Can't fight global ignorance though. Good luck.
Come to remember it, the German word for "much or many"
is "viel"; pronounced "feel"
2007-07-18 14:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by jrr_hill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
N-ee-ther is the first pronunciation in the dictionary.
2007-07-18 13:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by SpursFan123 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million.Envelope: the two. each in some circumstances i will say ON-velope, and each in some circumstances EN-velope, yet whilst somebody says it till now I say it, i will say it the comparable way they did. i understand, this is bizarre 2. Neither: n-EE-ther 3. course: r-OO-t 4. Nevada: the two. comparable state of affairs as envelope. 5. Creek: cr-EE-ok 6. Potato: pot-AY-to
2016-10-21 23:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by hyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always called it n-ee-ther, too. I guess it just depends on where you live.
2007-07-18 13:54:02 · answer #6 · answered by Wantstohelp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's ee-ther or eye-ther! Really it is! Either pronunciation is correct. It's like some say poe-tay-toe, some say poe-tah-toe!
some say: |roōf; or roŏf|
2007-07-18 13:55:54 · answer #7 · answered by Ink Corporate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say it "n-eye-ther"
2007-07-18 13:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neether. nyether sounds fake and stuck-up.
2007-07-18 13:57:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesn't matter...its just different dialects...personally i use both....just depends on my mood i suppose...lol
2007-07-18 13:57:09 · answer #10 · answered by Sam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋