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Question: Well?
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Grumpier Than Uncle Joe
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« on: December 08, 2014, 03:03:28 PM »
Option 4
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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 03:13:32 PM »
Mostly option 2.
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« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 03:19:11 PM »
E-der.
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« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014, 03:36:58 PM »
Option 4.
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2014, 03:44:08 PM »
Interesting question.  I guess I always say eye-thur when I'm referring to sides, as in "there's a monitor on either side of the room..."  On the other hand, I sometimes say eee-thur, like when I'm singing the Grammar Rock song about Conjunction (because that's the way the guy singing it says it.)

Neither works the same way for me.  (Grammar Rock guy put one pronunciation in my head at a young age, but some others put another pronunciation in there as well.)

m-w.com lists both pronunciations for both words, so I guess I'm doing it right.
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« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2014, 04:45:07 PM »
« Edited: December 08, 2014, 04:46:39 PM by Storebought »
"Either" is ee-ther. "Neither" is nee-ther. There are no alternatives.
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« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 04:56:50 PM »
Yeah, I use both. I don't know why.
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« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2014, 05:20:24 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2014, 05:24:11 PM »
Both.
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« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2014, 05:27:33 PM »
Option 2 as the first word of the sentence; option 1 everywhere else.
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« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2014, 09:20:00 PM »
As with a lot of words, I use both pronunciations interchangeably.
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2014, 09:26:11 PM »
Option 1.
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« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2014, 10:39:20 PM »
I use both like with the.
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« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2014, 10:41:13 PM »
Option 2
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« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2014, 11:53:47 PM »
Both
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« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2014, 12:50:49 AM »
Great question.  Both, and I can't figure out why, and I'm pretty sure this stayed consistent through accent changes (American to Aussie).
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« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2014, 01:06:23 AM »
When saying the phrase "either-or" I pronounce it "ee-thur."

In all other cases, I pronounce it "eye-thur."

Neither is always "nye-thur" and never "nee-thur" when I say it, though.
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« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2014, 08:14:25 AM »
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« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2014, 08:17:29 AM »
Option 1.
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« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2014, 09:35:18 AM »
I can use either, though I think I more often say /i/ther than /aj/ther.
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« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2014, 10:09:25 AM »
eye-duh
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« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2014, 12:20:24 PM »
Most often eyether, but I can use eether. Most often neether, but I can use nyether.

I think.
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« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2014, 01:59:51 PM »
I'm weird on this one. I say it "eee" in speech but when reading it, especially if its academic writing or something serious, I read it as "eye"
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« Reply #23 on: December 09, 2014, 04:05:28 PM »
Eyethur and Neyethur.
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« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2014, 08:00:39 PM »
Either way, but more like "ee/ah-thuh" and "nee/nah-thuh"...because that's just how Southern drawls  that aren't Texan seem to play out.
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