do you say Neesh or Nitch?

  • Swordgeek@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    neesh for all purposes.

    I’ve never heard anyone talk about a “nitch.” Maybe an US dialect?

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      6 hours ago

      Pronouncing it “nitch” is how biologists pronounce niche when talking about “that thing an organism does well to survive”

    • Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub
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      5 hours ago

      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.