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Niche is Pronounced as “Nitch” or “Neesh”?

Started by jimkukral · 4 months ago

So, how do YOU pronounce the word “niche”? As “nitch”, or “neesh”? See my pronunciation in the video below.

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20 comments

  • Steve J

    4 months ago

    Hmm....I always pronounced it "nishay"....
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  • Miltski

    1 month ago

    niche, niche, niche.
    Where did the "T" come from ?
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  • raznick

    4 months ago

    in michigan, it is niche.
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  • nick

    4 months ago

    Jim,

    Well, English first originated from England didn't it? Whether its British or American English, so I go with the rest of us in the UK and pronounce it 'neesh'.
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  • mike power

    4 months ago

    It's 'neesh'. As in 'capiche'. Not 'capitch'. And there is no accent so it is not 'neeshay'.
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  • soreco

    4 months ago

    Nitch
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  • Matt

    4 months ago

    I vote nitch.
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  • Pro Blogger

    4 months ago

    Nitch'e is correct the way I learned my English back in Germany ;)
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  • Cumbrowski

    4 months ago

    You are German too? You are kidding, right?
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  • web security

    4 months ago

    The pronunciation is "Neesh". As you know, Niche is a French word. In French, the pronunciation is like "Neesh".
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  • knupnet

    4 months ago

    NITCH - for sure...
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  • marlys

    4 months ago

    It's neesh, if we want to pronounce it the French way, and after all, it is a French word.
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  • Mat N

    4 months ago

    Sure, the French pronounce it "neesh," but who really wants to follow the French?
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  • Cumbrowski

    4 months ago

    "Nitch" is the proper U.S. English pronunciation (duno about the Brit's or Ausies hehe), NeechE (short "e" like in thE or hElp ) is the German pronunciation. Gee, there has to come a foreigner along to explain the Americans their own language. It's like my Hungarian girlfriend who was correcting my German ;).
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  • katie

    4 months ago

    I say NITCH, but then I also say KELTIK....and I have French, English and Irish heritage - go figure. But then, the US *is* the melting pot, is it not??? Or at least it used to be before everyone became so *&^%*)!! PC about everything. SEESH! or is it SITCH????
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  • Web Design Blog

    4 months ago

    I pronounce it "Neeshe" and I'm in the UK if that makes a difference :)
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  • Serena

    4 months ago

    definitely NEESH. No doubt in my mind.
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  • ravinder

    3 months ago

    ravinder

    Thank you
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  • Jade

    3 months ago

    I was completely convinced it was neesh to the point where I made fun of Paula Abdul on American Idol when she would repeatedly tell contestants "you found your nitch". Then I heard another (more influential) American pronounce it "nitch" and I began to wonder if maybe I had been to hard on poor Paula.

    I'm from the UK originally and now live in Canada. It seems to me that both pronounciations are acceptable, with nitch more commonly used in the US and neesh more common in UK and Canada. However, since it is a French word, I don't see the need to change the way it is said unless we have a difficulty as non-French speakers in saying it the same way (which we don't).

    In sum, I vote neesh!
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  • wbliss

    1 month ago

    I live in the USA. I have never ever heard it pronounced neesh. I never knew this was even an issue. In fact I would not know what you were talking had I heard neesh. Here in the USA we say nitch. I think maybe you are speaking a different language. After all this is how different languages get started. Same or similar spelling but pronounced totally different way. I vote nitch.
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