How do you pronounce 'niche'?

I know this is a little random, but I'm thinking that I may be pronouncing 'niche' the wrong way. So do you pronounce it...

Nitch

or

Neesh?

I am from the UK, and have always heard it been pronounced as 'neesh' in biology lessons and such. But on the Internet, I hear most Americans on videos pronounce it 'nitch'.

Is this a UK/US thing, or am I just completely wrong?

 

Neesh. Like that.

"Nick" or "N-eye-ch" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

 

here is a good reference article

http://www.bartelby.org/64/C007/0139.html

has nothing to do with us v. uk...

has everything to do with "new school" v. "old school"

 

Nich I guess. At least it's how I pronounce it.

 

Neesh, only americans call it a 'nitch'

And its a french word, saying neesh is closer to pronouncing it in french.

 

like "nish"

 

i was wondering that, too... it didn't matter much until i tried to use the word in conversation

 

"Neeesh" all the waay!

Dont mean to hijack the thread... but peeps in the US and Aussie pronounce "Database" literally which for me i find it strange...

Americans and Aussies pronounce it: "Data-Base"

Us UK peeps pronounce it as: "Dayta-Base"

 

Yeah, theyre are loads of things that Americans say that I consider 'funny'. But then again, even in the UK people think a lot of what I say sounds funny, seeing as I have a welsh accent.

 

Az far az i know niche iz pronounced NITCH in american english but neesh iz also correct

 

I say Neesh.

Accents always sound funny to everyone though. I'm sure the UK thinks americans sound funny just like americans think the UK sounds funny.

 

It can be pronounced both nitch and neesh:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niche

 

Say "snitch."

Now take off the "s."

That's the most common.

There ya go.

If somebody were to say "neesh" to me, I'd go, "huh???"

Just use both.

 

Route - r-o-w-t or r-u-t-e guys?

 

Nitch first i've heard of that, all buisness classes i've been to always use the folowing pronunciation:

neesh

as in you're knee and shhhhhh

knee-sh

and as for rowt or rute? AFAIK rowt is used if you dominate something. i.e your football team wins 50-0, or a cricket team wins by 10 wickets it's a rowt

 

As it is a French word in origin, it's obviously 'neesh'.
So, a nod to our American cousins, but you're just wrong

Now that's sorted, can we have a go at schedule, organo, yoghurt and herb

 

I always thought it was nish.

 

I have always found the British and Australian way of pronouncing "aluminum" fairly odd. They say it as "al-loo-min-nee-um" whereas Americans pronounce it as "al-loo-min-num".

I wonder how that difference got started.

 

looks like both

http://www.askoxford.com/results/?v...570&textsearchtype=exact&sortorder=score,name

 

Aye welsh is ok.. im use to all the UKain's accent.. i find strong irish accents difficult though...!