do you say Neesh or Nitch?
neesh for all purposes.
I’ve never heard anyone talk about a “nitch.” Maybe an US dialect?
Everyone who has played through GTA 5 has heard the pronunciation “nitch” here: https://youtu.be/FlzZhGr8G9w?t=79
I (nonnative speaker of English) used to think it was pronounced neesh because my first language’s cognate (Nische) is pronounced similar to that. But since hearing that scene I know that’s not universally the case.
That is the first time in all my years that I’ve ever heard it pronounced that way, and now I’m wondering if I live under a rock.
Pronouncing it “nitch” is how biologists pronounce niche when talking about “that thing an organism does well to survive”
How American biologists pronounce it.
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Do you mean nîche?
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.)
Depends if we’re talking about a hobby or a habitat.
“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.
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).
Neeshay, Rhymes with cliche.
“Klye-cH” is fine for that too, so I guess “Nye-ch” is nice.
I have never ever heard someone pronounce “cliche” any other way than “klee-shay”.
I’d pronounce it clee-shay. Are there really people that rhyme that with niche?
If they do they’re wrong. It’s cliché; the French é sounds like “ay”. 🇫🇷
A person of refined taste right here. Very nic
he
Like quiche.
Keetch?
Kwitch
Kwee-Tchay
quicky
A woman is eating alone at a restaurant. Her waiter makes some small talk, takes her drinks order, and brings over some nibbles. She’s friendly and the waiter thinks she’s flirting with him. She’s ready to order and thinks this is his chance, swaggers up to the table, leans over to her and whispers, “fancy a quickie?” She stands up, slaps him in the face and storms out of the restaurant. Someone from the neighbouring table says to him, “Ah, I think it’s pronounced ‘quiche.’”
Nitch
Nietzsche
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.
Knee-chee
Have you met his sister Kim?
Nike. Just do it.
niːʃ
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.
IPA or international phonetic ale
Nooooo! Have mercy!
I say it more like nɪʃ personally.
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.
Rhymes with fiche, quiche and capisce.
Rhymes with bitch
