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because i say either

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Either works, really.

[-] SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago
[-] rouxdoo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Neither. I say either.

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week 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.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Both. Context-dependant.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

"Deckles", rhyming with "speckles".

[-] GB19@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[-] el_twitto@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

[-] businessfish 6 points 1 week ago
[-] robotmonsterplanet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't. I say either.

[-] Zero22xx 3 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

Either Either or eIther

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

There's multiple ways up pronounce it?

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

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

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[-] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

So you say both then?

[-] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago
[-] milkisklim@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I say Data when I'm taking about the character, but I say data when I am talking about the information.

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Like day-duhh, day-tuhh, day-tahh, d8-ahh, d8-uhh, d@-uhh or d@-ahh?

[-] Today@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 1 week ago

Whichever one you say, I say the other one.

[-] Antagnostic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

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

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I use either either and neither neither nor neither either.

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

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

[-] uncurable_utopia@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week 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.

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago
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