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Old 27-09-2015, 08:13 PM #1
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Default How do you pronouce "Either"?
And do you pronounce "Neither" the same way?

For myself, it's "Ee-ther".
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yea same like ee-ther and nee-ther but now it sounds wrong and I think I should say eye-ther
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I put on a scouse accent attempting ee-ther

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I say ee-ther, but I pronounce neither the other way.
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depends on the kind of sentence i use it in

like i say 'i-ther way'

'ee-ther that or that'

like i say it different ways
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Mainly ee-ther, but say I-ther too.
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Eva-- innit?

Actually, I pronounce it 'Ither'.
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I have pronounced it both ways.
Same

I don't like mayonnaise iver

but I don't really mind eever way

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