Monday, February 25, 2008

a scientific study

How do you pronounce n-i-c-h-e?

a) nitch

b) neetch

c) neesh

d) nish

e) we aren't French! speak Amurrrrcan!

6 comments:

Cara said...

When I was younger, I was quickly informed by a teacher's aide, "it's nitch. Rhymes with b*tch."

Yep, I grew up in New Jersey.

Now, I say c) neesh.

Anonymous said...

I go with option A, but I grew up in the South. We say all kinds of things weird.

Kelly said...

I've always gone with option A myself...

Anonymous said...

nitch but with a softish ch...
like borshch

Anonymous said...

I've always said it the (a) way, if a bit tentatively.

Michael said...

We are the knights who say... "neeesh"!

Actually, I usually say "nitch" when speaking colloquially. If I am specifically referring to the tiny architectural alcove or the metaphorical place in the ecosystem for a species, I will say "neesh".