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Niamh. 30-10-2018 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 10324523)
EEEEEither and nEYEthere

Eeeither and neeeeither [emoji14]

Marsh. 30-10-2018 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10324579)
Eeeither and neeeeither [emoji14]

https://i.imgur.com/4s9RUly.gif

JerseyWins 31-10-2018 02:28 AM

Always either with an E sound

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Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 10324523)
EEEEEither and nEYEthere

Nah I say neither with the EEE too!

JerseyWins 31-10-2018 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10324579)
Eeeither and neeeeither [emoji14]

Teeeeea

Livia 31-10-2018 09:42 AM

'ei' is usually pronounced "eye"... so "eye-ther".

Withano 31-10-2018 10:47 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 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 10324867)
'ei' is usually pronounced "eye"... so "eye-ther".

This isn’t even close to true :suspect:

MTVN 31-10-2018 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Withano (Post 10324921)
This isn’t even close to true :suspect:

Eileen

Einstein

Eiffel tower

Eindhoven

Withano 31-10-2018 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10324932)
Eileen

Einstein

Eiffel tower

Eindhoven

Still not true despite a couple examples. :suspect:

MTVN 31-10-2018 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Withano (Post 10325270)
Still not true despite a couple examples. :suspect:

It's true of most words which start with ei

Niamh. 31-10-2018 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10325288)
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 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10325294)
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 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10325304)
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 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Withano (Post 10324919)
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 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10325288)
It's true of most words which start with ei

Still not true despite repeating yourself :suspect:

MTVN 31-10-2018 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Withano (Post 10325457)
Still not true despite repeating yourself :suspect:

It is I'm afraid

Livia 01-11-2018 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 10325304)
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.


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