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Augen on 17 December 2015

I grew up in US pronouncing it "nich" as in it rhymes with "rich".

When I lived in UK people pronounced it "neech" as in it rhymes with "quiche".



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Augen on 17 December 2015
TruckOSaurus said:

I pronounce it "neesh" (since it more closely resembles that French pronunciation). I can't really see how you would get to the "nitch" pronunciation since there's no "t" in the word.

 

Never thought about adding a "t" as I assumed it rhymed with "rich". 



TruckOSaurus on 17 December 2015
AlfredoTurkey said:
TruckOSaurus said:

I pronounce it "neesh" (since it more closely resembles that French pronunciation). I can't really see how you would get to the "nitch" pronunciation since there's no "t" in the word.

N sound for the "n". I for the "i" and ch for the "ch". The e is silent.

Okay I see(hear) it now. Although, I'm not gonna be changing the way I pronounce it, "nitch" sounds horrible, "niche" sounds classy.





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Hedra42 on 17 December 2015
AlfredoTurkey said:
Hedra42 said:

I pronounce it 'neesh', in English, and where I'm from, that is correct.

 

In US English, the only spoken pronounciation is "nitch". You can look it up online and click to hear it if you want. I don't know about the rest of the English speaking world though. It may be different.

It is different.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/niche

Click on both pronounciations.

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Platina on 17 December 2015

I pronounce it as neesh but I've gotten used to hearing nitch so I may sometimes use that one as well :p

There isn't a for sure way in saying it because nitch is the American pronunciation


This sort of reminds me of how to pronounce shone
Is it pronounced as 'shawn' (gone)
or 'shown' (bone)



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TheLegendaryWolf on 17 December 2015

I usually pronounce it nitch even though I know it's pronounced as neech/neesh by others. Old habits can last for a long time...



alrightiwill on 17 December 2015

Neash as in a dogs leash



outlawauron on 17 December 2015
theprof00 said:
I've heard it "nish" "neesh" and "nitch"

I go back and forth between nish and neesh

I use something close to "nish".



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HigHurtenflurst on 17 December 2015
Platina said:
I pronounce it as neesh but I've gotten used to hearing nitch so I may sometimes use that one as well :p

There isn't a for sure way in saying it because nitch is the American pronunciation


This sort of reminds me of how to pronounce shone
Is it pronounced as 'shawn' (gone)
or 'shown' (bone)

I use neither (neether or nyther?) ... "shone" has a short vowel sound, shawn and shown have long vowels.

Oh wait, I understand now. By "shawn" you mean it to rhyme with "gone" which is a short vowel. As such I pronounce it like that as if there is no 'e' (shon)
I didn't realise there was another pronunciation.

As for niche, I use 'neesh' and it took me a few seconds to figure out what someone meant the first time I heard it said as 'nitch'





AlfredoTurkey on 17 December 2015
TruckOSaurus said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

N sound for the "n". I for the "i" and ch for the "ch". The e is silent.

Okay I see(hear) it now. Although, I'm not gonna be changing the way I pronounce it, "nitch" sounds horrible, "niche" sounds classy.

I really don't care how people pronounce things. I use to, but it'll drive a person crazy giving a shit at that micro level lol