How do you 🗣️ say ‘neither’? #shorts

🤔 Did you know there are two very different 🗣️ pronunciations of ‘neither’? In this video, George asks the BBC Learning English team how they pronounce this word. 🧐 How do you say ‘neither’? ✍️ Let us know in the comments!

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[bbclearningenglish]

🤔 What other words have two pronunciations?

[callalily]

Now I’m totally confusing myself — I’m a native speaker, from the US, and I just tried saying a few sentences with that word to figure out which way feels more natural to me. I realized that I pronounce it differently depending on if the next word starts with a vowel or a consonant sound, and I have no idea why, since that’s not something I was ever explicitly taught.

[Saidfathi-toy]

You are the best teacher in the world because your valuable information.

[gesca]

Niiida ' two vocals together only the first one sounds' I think so 😂

[luistorres]

I've learned "nither" here in Brazil.

[claudioleivagomes]

ok, No more discussion. From now on it's "neither" 😂🤭

[josemanuelroman]

English is very difficult. You have to think in one way speak in another and write as you can 😂 look this Word corkscrew 5 consonantes together. 😅

[cathyblazquez]

I don't have a phonetics font🥺! I was first taught 'naide' and when I used American teaching materials, I heard 'nider' and I think it sounds more English than the first one.

[rania-fj]

Maybe I'll go with pronouncing it like 'nai'... It's much more music to my ears.🌻

[КайратМарал-нщ]

I pronounce neither with the first one but actually both of them are correct and applicable

[BenjiCliffo]

OR you could pronounce it EE-ther or I-ther way 😂

[MarianaGutierrez-omxo]

I prefer to say nai that niii, the first one, is more English jaja, but I have a problem with neither and either jaja, just to add more difficulty, I am sure you will sort my problem out in the use of those words, because you are the one!!

[luisa]

Both of them are correct, but depend on the accent of the place where you are

[fernandodiniz]

A mate of mine pronounces ni.der for neither but ai.der for either. So confusing. 😅

[花色_ko]

If it starts with ‘N’, I guess Nee-thur feels a bit easier to say. 🧐💭And I think ‘often’ is one of them too.😊✨(I wonder if this was meant to be a playful video?😂😂)

[sofiahabtemariam]

There are two ways to pronounce neither, but I use the first one.
Thank you, BBC. 😁❤️

[ajeeshsasidharan]

I pronounce the word 'neither' not like Sian pronounces but like Georgie does...🙂🙂🙂

[miranda]

Not sure, I think both ways .so, maybe " either " has pronounced in both ways as well.

[sunilpassi]

Make another video to tell wch one is correct, here we get only discussion, no conclusion

[SuperJose]

I certainly prefer /ˈnaɪðə/, or 'not either ' (😂) and /ˈaɪðə/. I'm a romantic, I suppose 😊