How do you pronounce “either”?

[Osiyo_Waya]

On 11/29/2020 at 6:24 AM, theV0ID said:

I alternate between ee-ther and eye-ther at random, but lean more towards ee-ther.

I'm the opposite.

[Iam9man]

5 hours ago, ZCE said:

Never heard of anyone dropping the R in "either".

I was confused when I didn't see an option to keep the "R".

In the UK the R is generally not pronounced (but it does modify the sound of the word). “tha” was just an approximation 😊

[Guest]

EE-thur

I grew up in the northeast of the US.

[iff]

Ee-thur

[Skycaptain]

Eye-tha 

 

UK 

 

But it should be noted that within the UK different regional accents pronounce the word differently 

[RacheI]

I alternate at random. Either, roof, route, soda/pop, sofa/couch, living room/dying room. American English mutt

[iff]

@Iam9man

 

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