do you say Neesh or Nitch?
Neesh
How do you pronounce 'Niche'?
Submitted 5 hours ago by Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca to [deleted]
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watson387@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
“Neesh” which is the correct way to say it as far as I am concerned. It has Latin roots but the word “niche” is French and that is how they say it.
farmgineer@nord.pub 1 hour ago
I pronounce it ’neesh’ as well, but we’re going to get into trouble if we pronounce everything with French/Norman/Latin routes the way it is (or was).
durindana@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Neesh interests
But don’t forget the nitch in the living room wall
SGforce@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Nietzsche
Anchorxiety@reddthat.com 2 hours ago
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Knee-chee
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 minute ago
Have you met his sister Kim?
in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 4 hours ago
Neeshjuh?
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
Rhymes with fiche, quiche and capisce.
thenextguy@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
We are the knights who say… Neesh!
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Both, and I’m not sure I have a hard and fast rule saying when one over the other. It’s probably some sort of soft rule I’m totally unaware of.
But both are correct. (though Nitch is more american and Neesh is more british.)
LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
I say it the wrong way, so you probably shouldn’t ask me.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
niːʃ
three@piefed.social 1 hour ago
I have no idea what this spelling is called and I have no idea what any of the letters mean. Phonetic spelling? Regardless, it’s so intuitive to instantly know how to pronounce it.
SandLight@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
IPA or international phonetic ale
pedz@lemmy.ca 39 minutes ago
TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 3 hours ago
Do you mean niche?
CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Pretty sure the english pronunciation is Neesh, but the origin is french and is closer to Nish.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 hour ago
honestly I think I have used both.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
I kind of combine them. Neetch.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Nike. Just do it.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Depends if we’re talking about a hobby or a habitat.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Nitch
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Noots
palordrolap@fedia.io 3 hours ago
The follow-up question is basically "Are you a non-American English speaker?", however you choose to parse that.
So, it's "neesh" for me.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
This is a great way to ask “did you grow up outside America, or as an American?”
hogmomma@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Nee-chuh.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Depends on whether I’m talking to an American or some other English or French speaker.
bryndos@fedia.io 5 hours ago
Neeshay,
Rhymes with cliche."Klye-cH" is fine for that too, so I guess "Nye-ch" is nice.
meco03211@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I’d pronounce it clee-shay. Are there really people that rhyme that with niche?
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
If they do they’re wrong. It’s cliché; the French é sounds like “ay”. 🇫🇷
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 5 hours ago
I have never ever heard someone pronounce “cliche” any other way than “klee-shay”.
meowmeow@quokk.au 5 hours ago
A person of refined taste right here. Very nic
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Zephorah@discuss.online 4 hours ago
Neetch
zonklezoop@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
It was always “nitch” to me growing up in New England. Then I thought people were getting fancy and mispronouncing it as the internet rose. Then last year I found out that I am the idiot and “neesh” is the proper way.
But I still have a hard time saying it and not feeling pompous.
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
There isn’t a proper way, both are correct. I opt for neesh personally
AmidFuror@fedia.io 49 minutes ago
That damn downvoter is always getting me too! And a lot of the times his friends join him.
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
Out of curiosity, which part of New England? It was always “neesh” for me (Northeastern CT).
zonklezoop@lemmy.zip 12 minutes ago
Way up heah in Maine, bub.
Vespair@lemmy.zip 58 minutes ago
“neesh” refers to something small, specialized, or insular and a “nitch” is a small recess in a wall, imo.