Timeline for Why are there two pronunciations for "either"?
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| May 17, 2020 at 22:07 | comment | added | Bernhard Döbler | Made famous by Harry and Sally youtube.com/watch?v=1YxJ52T21jY | |
| Apr 30, 2019 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1123104923774869504 | ||
| Apr 30, 2019 at 4:06 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 10, 2017 at 15:29 | comment | added | mmyers | @Pacerier Just a little Gershwin. | |
| Jul 9, 2017 at 14:06 | comment | added | Pacerier | @mmyers, I don't get the joke..? | |
| Sep 25, 2015 at 12:27 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @AlanHogue - Their, they're now, don't get over-excited. You know its not good for your blood pressure. | |
| Sep 25, 2015 at 11:34 | answer | added | herisson | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jul 4, 2015 at 2:39 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Mar 1, 2012 at 15:16 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Jan 8, 2012 at 18:03 | comment | added | GEdgar | What I heard (another "hearsay" answer, so I just make a comment) was that Prince Albert, being of German origin, used the pronunciation suggested by German, and then it subsequently became popular among the English. | |
| Jun 6, 2011 at 13:42 | comment | added | Darwy | You can add neither to the list as well. I've heard it both ways as well. I grew up saying it as /nī-thər/, fwiw. | |
| Feb 21, 2011 at 7:03 | history | edited | waiwai933 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 2, 2011 at 22:16 | history | edited | nohat |
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| Sep 23, 2010 at 17:33 | comment | added | OneProton | So you can choose either one. | |
| Aug 21, 2010 at 11:40 | comment | added | Alan Hogue | @Steve: That was just my way of pointing out that "there" was misspelled in the original title. :) | |
| Aug 21, 2010 at 11:06 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | @Alan: there aren't. They're two different words, plus a contraction, that happen to be alike in their pronunciation. | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 19:25 | vote | accept | Jagd | ||
| Aug 14, 2010 at 5:22 | history | edited | Jagd |
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| Aug 14, 2010 at 5:17 | history | edited | Jagd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 14, 2010 at 5:02 | comment | added | Jagd | @Alan - that would make a good question! | |
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| Aug 13, 2010 at 20:05 | comment | added | Skilldrick | I find myself alternating, especially when reading a book out loud. | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 19:05 | answer | added | avpaderno | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 18:56 | history | edited | Jagd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 13, 2010 at 17:54 | comment | added | Alan Hogue | More importantly, why are there three spellings for "there"? | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 17:14 | answer | added | Taldaugion | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 16:38 | comment | added | mmyers | Let's call the whole thing off. | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 16:34 | answer | added | Noldorin | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 13, 2010 at 16:14 | history | asked | Jagd | CC BY-SA 2.5 |