do you say Neesh or Nitch?
Neesh
Nee-chuh.
Neesh.
I’ve never heard “Nitch”, I assume it’s a very niche pronunciation.
neesh for all purposes.
I’ve never heard anyone talk about a “nitch.” Maybe an US dialect?
Pronouncing it “nitch” is how biologists pronounce niche when talking about “that thing an organism does well to survive”
How American biologists pronounce it.
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.
Rhymes with bitch
Nietzche
This is a great way to ask “did you grow up outside America, or as an American?”
“neesh” refers to something small, specialized, or insular and a “nitch” is a small recess in a wall, imo.
necky (neh•kee): let’s get niche
The only time I’ve ever heard someone pronounce it nitch is when they’ve never actually heard it said aloud and only knew the word from reading it.
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.’”
“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”.
A person of refined taste right here. Very nic
heI’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”. 🇫🇷
Nitch
Depends if we’re talking about a hobby or a habitat.
