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Do you pronounce the word 'either' as 'eether' or 'eyether'? Which one is correct, grammarians out there?

Same question with 'neither'.

Posted - March 8, 2019
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  • 14795
    Ether is my gas if eye could stop passing out....:( 
      March 8, 2019 1:57 PM MST
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  • 44660
      March 8, 2019 3:30 PM MST
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  • 14795
    :)D  This post was edited by Nice Jugs at March 8, 2019 5:25 PM MST
      March 8, 2019 5:24 PM MST
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  • 34482
    I say eye-ther and nee-ther. Both ways are correct.
      March 8, 2019 3:39 PM MST
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  • 10052
    EE-ther and NYE-ther, I think. 

    Either pronunciation is acceptable. :)
      March 8, 2019 7:45 PM MST
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  • 17620
    Both.  I don't know why but I hear myself say it both ways.  Both ways are correct.
      March 8, 2019 11:57 PM MST
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  • eye-ther, nee-ther. 
      March 9, 2019 6:40 AM MST
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  • 46117
    Frankly, my dear,  I don't give a 
      March 9, 2019 6:41 AM MST
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  • I say "eether".

    There is no "correct" pronunciation. Both are acceptable, though "eether" is more common in most parts of the U.S. 
      March 9, 2019 1:43 PM MST
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  • 22891
    the first one sounds right
      March 10, 2019 4:44 PM MDT
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  • 844
    Everything old is new again. 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75g7eRhH9M

      June 9, 2019 3:45 PM MDT
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