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  > your nitch

Pet peeve: It's "niche." In spite of how it's commonly pronounced.

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My peeve is the pronunciation 'nitch'. It's pronounced neesh, it's a French word.

According to Merriam Webster, the primary pronunciation is "nich"...

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

Just because a word has a French origin, doesn't mean the French pronunciation is preferred in English.

Since we're nitpicking, that should be (US) English. In the UK we say neesh. Or at least, I do :)

Indeed. According to the Internet (which is always reliable): "There are two common British pronunciations, [neesh] and [nitch], the first perhaps being more highly regarded. The US pronunciation is always [nitch]."

Source: http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/english/dat...

Tell that to Home Depot or Notre Dame..

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