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Niamh.
30-10-2018, 12:10 PM
How do you pronounce the word Either? With the E sound or the I sound :think:
Alf
30-10-2018, 12:11 PM
I can say it either way
Morgan.
30-10-2018, 12:11 PM
Well ... either way :laugh: It honestly depends on the sentence and context.
Nicky91
30-10-2018, 12:16 PM
i can say it both ways i think, with ''I'' it does sound better than with "E'' sound for me personally
Alf
30-10-2018, 12:17 PM
I'ther is how I say it Niamh, I'm from Hull and we talk proper.
Babayaro.
30-10-2018, 12:31 PM
Both
Smithy
30-10-2018, 12:32 PM
Both
Crimson Dynamo
30-10-2018, 12:33 PM
eether as i am not mental
Crimson Dynamo
30-10-2018, 12:34 PM
wait i think i say ayethir too

:worry:
caprimint
30-10-2018, 01:15 PM
EEEEEE-ther
reece(:
30-10-2018, 01:19 PM
The geordie way
Jessica.
30-10-2018, 01:29 PM
Both
Alf
30-10-2018, 01:45 PM
The geordie wayWye either pet?
y.winter
30-10-2018, 01:55 PM
I don't speak English on a daily basis, but when I do I believe I use a bit of both.
I do prefer the sound of I-ther though. Sounds more "British" to me, if it makes any sense lol
Niamh.
30-10-2018, 01:58 PM
I don't speak English on a daily basis, but when I do I believe I use a bit of both.
I do prefer the sound of I-ther though. Sounds more "British" to me, if it makes any sense lol

Well I'm Irish so it's E-ther all the way :hee:
y.winter
30-10-2018, 02:12 PM
Well I'm Irish so it's E-ther all the way :hee:Your "th" and "r" though :love:
Niamh.
30-10-2018, 02:12 PM
Your "th" and "r" though :love:

:laugh:
RileyH
30-10-2018, 03:37 PM
Both
hijaxers
30-10-2018, 04:17 PM
Both its just one of those words you change to suit what you are saying .
smudgie
30-10-2018, 04:35 PM
Both.:shrug:
bots
30-10-2018, 10:34 PM
both, same with neither
Rufus
30-10-2018, 10:37 PM
I say it EITHER way lol, Idk why.
MTVN
30-10-2018, 10:42 PM
I-ther would be the correct way I think

You don't say Eenstein and the Eefel tower do you
Tony Montana
30-10-2018, 10:58 PM
Both
Marsh.
30-10-2018, 11:10 PM
EEEEEither and nEYEthere
Niamh.
30-10-2018, 11:33 PM
EEEEEither and nEYEthereEeeither and neeeeither [emoji14]
Marsh.
30-10-2018, 11:43 PM
Eeeither and neeeeither [emoji14]

https://i.imgur.com/4s9RUly.gif
JerseyWins
31-10-2018, 03:28 AM
Always either with an E sound

EEEEEither and nEYEthere
Nah I say neither with the EEE too!
JerseyWins
31-10-2018, 03:29 AM
Eeeither and neeeeither [emoji14]
Teeeeea
Livia
31-10-2018, 10:42 AM
'ei' is usually pronounced "eye"... so "eye-ther".
Withano
31-10-2018, 11:47 AM
Both

E.ther of you want cake

I.ther you make me cake or so help me god!

You’d sound like a right daft tit if you did these the other way round.
Withano
31-10-2018, 11:48 AM
'ei' is usually pronounced "eye"... so "eye-ther".

This isn’t even close to true :suspect:
MTVN
31-10-2018, 11:54 AM
This isn’t even close to true :suspect:

Eileen

Einstein

Eiffel tower

Eindhoven
Withano
31-10-2018, 04:12 PM
Eileen

Einstein

Eiffel tower

Eindhoven

Still not true despite a couple examples. :suspect:
MTVN
31-10-2018, 04:33 PM
Still not true despite a couple examples. :suspect:

It's true of most words which start with ei
Niamh.
31-10-2018, 04:38 PM
It's true of most words which start with ei

actually according to the online dictionary Either can be pronounced eeether way but the one they chose to name first and have in the sound thingy was the e sound :hee: Ei can also be pronounced like an A as in Eight

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/either
MTVN
31-10-2018, 04:42 PM
actually according to the online dictionary Either can be pronounced eeether way but the one they chose to name first and have in the sound thingy was the e sound :hee: Ei can also be pronounced like an A as in Eight

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/either

Eight is a bit of an exception but still true that most words starting ei are pronounced 'aye'
Niamh.
31-10-2018, 04:44 PM
Eight is a bit of an exception but still true that most words starting ei are pronounced 'aye'

But not all and some can be pronounced both ways, deary me this weird English language and I get mocked over my Irish name :idc:

Seriously E-i-g-h-t eeiguhuht....and my name is unfathomable tssk
JerseyWins
31-10-2018, 05:00 PM
Both

E.ther of you want cake

I.ther you make me cake or so help me god!

You’d sound like a right daft tit if you did these the other way round.
Nope always EEE
Withano
31-10-2018, 05:54 PM
It's true of most words which start with ei

Still not true despite repeating yourself :suspect:
MTVN
31-10-2018, 08:59 PM
Still not true despite repeating yourself :suspect:

It is I'm afraid
Livia
01-11-2018, 11:37 AM
Eight is a bit of an exception but still true that most words starting ei are pronounced 'aye'

Thank you MTVN... Maybe what I should have said is that I'm taking that piece of information from the German pronunciation of words. I have a German maiden name that was often mispronounced and also I speak German. Anyhoo, I've used that example in the pronunciation of English words and it hasn't let me down yet.