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Old 12-May-2009, 19:16
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Hi,
my English teacher once told us that one of the two ways of pronouncing either is more common in BrE.
I don't remember which one is that one, /ˈē-ther/ or /ˈī-ther/?

I hope you will be able to help me,
Sim.
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Hi,
my English teacher once told us that one of the two ways of pronouncing either is more common in BrE.
I don't remember which one is that one, /ˈē-ther/ or /ˈī-ther/?

I hope you will be able to help me,
Sim.
The second one.
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Old 12-May-2009, 19:25
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I-ther?

Thank you!
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I-ther?

Thank you!
Yeah.
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Old 12-May-2009, 19:33
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Those phonetic transcriptions are wrong, but you seem to have made yourself understood. (It's [aI ðə])
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Old 12-May-2009, 19:36
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I got the translation from the merriam-webster online dictionary, which seems not to be using IPA phonetics...
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Well, to be honest, I never regard any dictionary as worth its salt if it uses anything like that popular approximation of intuitive spellings.
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