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Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 2:39 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Same for me, though my pronunciation is exclusively /niːʃ/.
Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 8:33 am
by StrangerCoug
I'm an American that pronounces it /niːʃ/, but then again, I've taken French class. I understand /nɪtʃ/ too.
Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 5:30 pm
by Moose-tache
Much like "route," this is a word with one form in Britain, two forms in America, but one American form in the minds of Brits.
To me, the FLEECE version is metaphorical ("this animal has a weird NEESH," "Your documentary is too NEESH"), while the KIT version implies something physical ("carve a NITCH into this piece of wood").
Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:46 am
by Raphael
Oh, in the video that I was talking about in my previous post here, it was used in a metaphorical sense.
Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 4:35 pm
by Z500
StrangerCoug wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 8:33 am
I'm an American that pronounces it /niːʃ/, but then again, I've taken French class. I understand /nɪtʃ/ too.
I feel like 25 years ago Americans never said /niːʃ/, but now I'm hearing it everywhere and I finally get to say it "right" again, but I'm wracking my brain to undo the training I did to get myself to say /nɪtʃ/ lol
Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:01 am
by foxcatdog
One the topic of Niche does anyone pronounce Quiche /kwi:tʃ/ or even /kwɪtʃ/ i know i don't.