The conTROVersy?
I would probably pronounce it nitch, in conversation, but reading it I would pronounce it neesh, as the spelling would remind me to not be a vulgar barbarian.
Nitch. Keesh.
Or the verse offering by Anon:
There was a fair Abbess of Chichester
Who made all the saints in their niches stir.
Her form, though obscured,
The old Adam lured –
Made the Bishop of Chichester’s breeches stir.
Yeah, just put it on the shedule.
“Nitch,” otherwise I feel pretentious, like pronouncing Paris “Pare-ee”.
Actually, I pronounce niche as ‘neech’, but I feel ‘nitch’ is a related but separate word. A nitch is an actual, physical place. A place that a real, physical *object *fits into perfectly (kind of related to ‘notch’ or ‘nook’) . A neech is a job, a role, a career position etc. that a person’s *personality *fits into perfectly (i.e. finding one’s niche).
And I don’t say ‘neesh’ because it sounds gay… 
Neesh. I’m discovering the nitch pronunciation here for the first time.
Nitchy is pitchy.
Knee chu
Though I tend to avoid saying it because I’ll either sound pretentious or wrong or both.
I compromise and pronounce it either nish or neetch.
KEE-chay. A big group of Maya Indians living in central and Western Guatemala.
As for “niche”: I usually say “neesh” (as in, a “niche market”), but in ecology contexts I’ve been taught to say “nitch.”
I tend towards using neesh for the adjective and nitch for the noun. Though, when reading, I always see neesh, as nitch makes no sense since the word ends in an e, not an h, and there is no t, which seems to be required in English.
And of course you say year-ro. Where in the world can you say it wrong and not be immediately thought of as a dunce?
Just don’t say either word with an affected accent or make a big deal out of your pronunciation, and it won’t sound pretentious. In a casual American accent, they sound fine.
None of this is as alarming as the common American pronunciation of the word “buoy”.
That’s just wrong 
I say neech
it rhymes with leech
Either (or ither).
Tom-ay-to/Tom-ar-to - fair enough.
But has anyone, ever, in the entire history of human speech - ever said ‘pot-ar-to’?
We can compromise on “nish”!
I don’t know. I myself probably say “neesh” or “nish” more than “nitch”–but if I heard any of them, I’d know what you meant.
I’m kinda wondering if some people aren’t saying how they say (type) it is how they say it.
Like “neesh” or “nitch”.
Think of “new”. Now think of “knee”. Note the difference.
I suspect alot of folks that are saying “neesh” or “nitch” actually mean something more along the lines of “kneesh”.
Just a random thought.
“We are the knights who say ‘neesh’!”