Eight question about pronunciation

[skygazer]

1. Either. Eether or eyether?

2. Neither. Neether or nyether?

3. Envelope. Ennvelope or awnvelope?

4. Tomato. Tomayto or tomahto?

5. Been. Benn or bean?

6. Route. Root or rout?

7. Data. Dayta or datta?

8. America. Amairica or Murika?

[lost-in-nj]

1. me I say

1) eether

2)neether

3)ennevelop

4)tomayto

5) more like bin

6) root

7) datta

8) america

lost

[MrCoffee]

2. this is hurting my brain.

[skygazer]

5. It was about as far from Steve Irwin as I could get

Sorry about your brain. You should see a brain surgeon. This guy's good.

[MrCoffee]

8. Crikey!

[u4ic]

3. I wonder if we'll see a difference

depending on one's location?



eyether

nyether

awnvelope

Tomayto

B(i)nn

rout (though root does slip in once in a while)

datta

Amairica

[anarch]

4. well, for that first one, either way is ok by me

:D

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Answers

#1 and #2 can be different depending on circumstance.
3. Ennvelope
4. Tomayto
5. Benn
6. Root (though rarely it'll be rout)
7. dayta
8. Why do you hate it?

[deadparrot]

7. Mine...

1. Either. Eether or eyether? Both.

2. Neither. Neether or nyether? Both.

3. Envelope. Ennvelope or awnvelope? Both.

4. Tomato. Tomayto or tomahto? ToMAYto

5. Been. Benn or bean? Benn, though more like "bin."

6. Route. Root or rout? Both.

7. Data. Dayta or datta? DAYta

8. America. Amairica or Murika? Amairica, except when I'm mocking freepers.

[ComerPerro]

13. agree with all your answers, and, furthermore

I have never met anyone who seriously says "toe mah toe"

[jpgray]

15. You need to go to some parties that contain Robyn Hitchcock

[miss_american_pie]

9. Eight answers

1. eyether
2. nyether
3. ennvelope
4. tomayto
5. bin
6. rout
7. dayta
8. Amairica

[Mutley]

10. Okay

1. Either. Eether or eyether?
Either, but usually eyether.

2. Neither. Neether or nyether?
Same

3. Envelope. Ennvelope or awnvelope?
Ennvelope

4. Tomato. Tomayto or tomahto?
Tomayto.

5. Been. Benn or bean?
Benn

6. Route. Root or rout?
Root

7. Data. Dayta or datta?
Dayta

8. America. Amairica or Murika?
Mur'ka. :P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

11. Hehe....

1. Eether
2. Neether
3. Ennvelope
4. Tomayto
5. Benn
6. Root
7. Dayta
8. Amairica

[ProfessorGAC]

12. The First Choice For All But #6

I say ROWT, not ROOT. Everything else, i say the first choice.
The Professor

[rug]

14. On all these questions, as usual, I follow my president's lead.

Nucular.

[tjwmason]

16. .

Eyether.

Neyether.

Depends - the noun is onvelope (stress on first syllable) the verb is ennvelope (stress on second syllable).

Tomahto.

Bean.

Root (the rout pronunciation is one of the things which most vexes me, especially in the phrase en route when it is inevitably joined with the "en" rather than "on" pronunciation).

Dayta.

Vespuccia ;) Amairica.