So, how do YOU pronounce the word “niche”? As “nitch”, or “neesh”? See my pronunciation in the video below.
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22 Comments...Have your say!
Steve J on April 25th 2008 at 07:43 AM
Hmm….I always pronounced it “nishay”….
raznick on April 25th 2008 at 07:46 AM
in michigan, it is niche.
nick on April 25th 2008 at 07:51 AM
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'.
mike power on April 25th 2008 at 08:14 AM
It's 'neesh'. As in 'capiche'. Not 'capitch'. And there is no accent so it is not 'neeshay'.
soreco on April 25th 2008 at 08:20 AM
Nitch
Matt on April 25th 2008 at 08:43 AM
I vote nitch.
Pro Blogger on April 25th 2008 at 10:16 AM
Nitch'e is correct the way I learned my English back in Germany ;)
web security on April 25th 2008 at 10:22 AM
The pronunciation is “Neesh”. As you know, Niche is a French word. In French, the pronunciation is like “Neesh”.
knupnet on April 25th 2008 at 12:31 PM
NITCH – for sure…
marlys on April 25th 2008 at 01:43 PM
It's neesh, if we want to pronounce it the French way, and after all, it is a French word.
Mat N on April 26th 2008 at 01:54 PM
Sure, the French pronounce it “neesh,” but who really wants to follow the French?
Cumbrowski on April 27th 2008 at 02:04 PM
“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 ;).
Cumbrowski on April 27th 2008 at 02:05 PM
You are German too? You are kidding, right?
katie on April 29th 2008 at 12:24 AM
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????
Web Design Blog on April 29th 2008 at 10:23 AM
I pronounce it “Neeshe” and I'm in the UK if that makes a difference :)
Serena on May 6th 2008 at 12:20 AM
definitely NEESH. No doubt in my mind.
ravinder on May 13th 2008 at 05:26 AM
ravinder
Thank you
Jade on June 3rd 2008 at 03:51 PM
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!
Miltski on July 14th 2008 at 07:02 AM
niche, niche, niche.
Where did the “T” come from ?
wbliss on August 6th 2008 at 08:12 AM
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.
Guest on November 6th 2009 at 05:19 PM
I live in the US, and the ONLY pronounciation I've heard is neesh. Maybe it differs by region? im in the NW..
anon on November 25th 2009 at 12:54 PM
Aluminium – Al-you-meen-ee-uhm
Nuclear – Nee-oo-clear
Solder – Sol-der
Niche – Neesh
English, learn to speak it.