How do you pronounce either/neither?

I’ve been known to pronounce it either way.

It’s “EYE-gor.” :slight_smile:

I mostly say “EEE-ther,” but every once a while I’ll say “EYE-ther.”

eyether - but I’m pretty sure that it was an affectation that stuck.

But then you must part.

Either is correct; neither is wrong. You’re welcome. :smiley:

I knew someone would beat me to it.

That’s me! The last sentence, I mean. And the amount of switching seems inversely proportional. Off the top of my head, I’d say my usage is

Either – 70% EEE-ther | 30% EYE-ther

Neither – 70% NYE-ther | 30% NEE-ther

I have no strong preference - I use each about equally.

(I also use both “American” and “European” modes of knife-and-fork.
Raised in Midwest. Escaped at age 30.

I use both, inconsistently- England.

Southeastern US. EE-ther/NEEther. I think I could probably count the number of times on one hand I’ve heard the other pronunciations used (outside of a TV or movie).

On this, I go either way, depending on… I’m not really sure.

EEEther, nEEEther.

I get the sense that nEYEther tends to come from people who pronounce aunt ont instead of identically to ant.

British – family originally from north-west England. Always EYE-ther and NYE-ther. I think that in Scotland, people more often say EE-ther / NEE-ther; but couldn’t totally swear to that.

Oh fuck. I just read that in my head as “eether is correct, nyther is wrong.” Now I’m totally schizophrenic. Thanks.

EE-ther and NEE-ther. San Francisco Bay Area.

Wow, a lot of interesting responses. I think, like some have said, I use EEE-ther most of the time but EYE-ther sometimes for emphasis. As in:

Son: I don’t know whether I want to do my homework before or after dinner.

Me: EYE-ther way, you’re getting it done!

Either – 40% EEE-ther | 60% EYE-ther

Neither – 90% NYE-ther | 10% NEE-ther

As I’ve gotten older I think my EYE-ther percentage has climbed. The EYE sound goes better with ponderous and pedantic speaking. Something you all know I’m (too) good at.

You say “Hey, you wanna Bud or a Corona?” I say “Eee-ther.”

You say “Would you prefer the vichyssoise or the salade nicoise?” I say “EYE-ther would be lovely, thank you.”

It varies depending on the context, but I usually prefer “EEE-ther.”

I’m from Lawn Guyland, Noo Yawk (all my life).

Abbott & Costello used “EEE-ther.”

I pronounce them correctly, of course. :wink:

I think I use nye-ther more often. I have no idea whether I use eether or eyether, except that I always say “eether-or proposition”.

I pronounce Aunt as Are-nt and I pronounce Neither and Either both ways totally at random.