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Zhfan Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
How to pronounce the word "either"
Hello.
I wonder how to pronounce this word. Sometimes I hear it pronounced with "e" (as "internet") and sometimes I hear it pronounced as a pronoun "I". I'm interested in the american opinion.
Thank you!
I wonder how to pronounce this word. Sometimes I hear it pronounced with "e" (as "internet") and sometimes I hear it pronounced as a pronoun "I". I'm interested in the american opinion.
Thank you!
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At least two different pronunciations of this word exist. By the way, you can check it in an english-english dictionary. com/dictionary/either
- At least two different pronunciations of this word exist.
- By the way, you can check it in an english-english dictionary.
- com/dictionary/either
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At least two different pronunciations of this word exist. By the way, you can check it in an english-english dictionary.
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/either
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/either
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I pronuonce "either" as ~eether, but Pres. Obama says ~iether EYE-ther. I was born and raised in Connecticut. It was ~ee mostly in those days.
See justpaste.it/ayk for ~truespel phonetics notation.
Tom Z
See justpaste.it/ayk for ~truespel phonetics notation.
Tom Z
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Thank you, but I'd love to know which one is the most used in the USA.
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I know nothing about such a survey but if you google it then you can find some explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Either
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Either
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Hi,
Here's a famous song about two people who each pronounce some words differently.
It almost causes them to call off (ie end) their romance.
Let's call the whole thing off
Here's a famous song about two people who each pronounce some words differently.
It almost causes them to call off (ie end) their romance.
Let's call the whole thing off
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CliveYou say "potato," I say "patattah"Hi Clive
You say "tomato", I say "creole tomata"
I know the song very well. I have it on my records. There is a difference in British and American English in the pronunciation of tomato but the British pronounce potatothe same way Americans (and Canadians) do. Song writers can of course take a
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zhfanI wonder how to pronounce this word. ... American ...I highly recommend saying EE - ther. Not with the pronoun "I". The only people I know who say I - ther are all more than 100 years old!
Words in which "ei" is pronounced "I":
heist, feisty, sleight, height, lorelei, stein
Many surnames with "-stein":
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Hi,
I think I say it either way, probably just depending on whether the wind is from the North.
Clive
I think I say it either way, probably just depending on whether the wind is from the North.
Clive
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