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submitted 10 months ago by GB19@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

because i say either

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[-] Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works 39 points 10 months ago

Either works, really.

[-] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago
[-] rouxdoo@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Best answer to the question here. Neither either of either is right (or wrong).

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

Neither. I say either.

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ironically, either of them depending on the situation. Sometimes I even express the concept that I am indifferent to the choice between two things or happy with both of them by saying "ee-ther, eye-ther"

[-] CrowyTech@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

I definitely use them both together more often than just one. Like you, to express indifference to a choice.

I don't tend to do that with neither though 🤔 and now I'm thinking too hard, I don't know which I tend to go with.

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Both. Context-dependant.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Eye-ther mostly, but like with many words I'll alternate between pronunciations! (You still won't catch me pronouncing "decals" like dee-cals though!)

[-] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I can't tell if maybe you're joking, but is there another way to pronounce decal? I could in theory imagine someone saying it like "dick-al" but that seems unlikely.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

"Deckles", rhyming with "speckles".

[-] GB19@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

if you don’t mind me asking, what country are you from? I’ve heard people from the us say ee-ther and dee-cals

[-] bricklove@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Weird, I didn't know people pronounced it dye-cals /s

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

In my head I pronounce it as "either", but out loud I pronounce it like "either"

[-] el_twitto@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago
[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I say this in real life, but when I say it I pronounce it the same both times.

[-] el_twitto@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] businessfish 6 points 10 months ago
[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't. I say either.

[-] robotmonsterplanet@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm in either camp by default, but I'll gladly use either if around other people that do

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

So you say both then?

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

I say ether. Every once in a while I find someone infuriated by that, and it gives me much joy.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

There's multiple ways up pronounce it?

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 1 points 10 months ago

There is an Irish rural accent that pronounces it AY-ther.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There's even a classic jazz song about it.

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off https://youtu.be/J2oEmPP5dTM

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh god of course. I actually don't know how that slipped my mind.

[-] Zero22xx 3 points 10 months ago

Either either or either, depending on maybe the context or the phonetics of words used. Kinda like how you say the or the depending on if the next word starts with a vowel or not.

[-] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Either Either or eIther

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago
[-] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 10 months ago

Whichever one you say, I say the other one.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 10 months ago
[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Probably eye-ther, but eee-ther on random occasion

[-] uncurable_utopia@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Growing up, I self-taught myself to pronounce this word as "Ee-ther". Then I went to a private teacher and learned that the correct English pronunciation is "Eye-ther". Then I also came to know that the word can be pronounced in both way regarding different accents. Then I stopped caring which pronunciation I was using while speaking. Most of the time, I say "Eye-ther". I utter the later one barely.

[-] Antagnostic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I use either either and neither neither nor neither either.

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

To clarify, that's ether, eyethur, kneethur, nyetheir, kneethur ether, respectively.

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