NICHE - pronounced Nitch, Neesh, or Nish?

[toadgirl]

I would always pronounce it "neesh", as it's a French word.

I just read that Merriam-Webster lists the other pronunciations as also being correct. I believe that the US prefers "nitch", whilst the UK is more likely to pronounce it "neesh".

Which one do you use?

[StealthPolarBear]

Neesh

[Hassled]

Neesh. Wouldn't have occurred to me there are other pronunciations - but then I thought that about the word almond.

[SenecaFalls]

I say "neesh" and I'm American.

[tribpot]

Neesh. See also: clique. This word is NOT pronounced 'click'.

[ThatsMyStapler]

neesh
clique = cleeek

[hugoagogo]

neesh
If I hear nitch I think of some sort of cubbby hole thing.

[TheNumberfaker]

Definitely 'neesh'.

I usually say 'cleek' but do occasionally say 'click' if I'm being dergatory.

[cheekyfunkymonkey]

Thank goodness. I was worried for a second but common sense prevails

[DramaAlpaca]

Neesh.

[Iamthegreatest1]

Neesh.
trib thanks fo reminding me of the correct pronunciation for Clique.
Also is Salmon - Samon? (Silent L)

[TheNumberfaker]

*dergatory of course

[TheNumberfaker]

Bloody iPhone DEROGATORY!

[TheDropBear]

Neesh
I am guilty of saying click, think it's because of all the American high school films I watched growing up.

[HopperBusTicket]

Neesh

Cleek

[HopperBusTicket]

On this subject I worked with a man who pronounced calibre as cal-ee-bray. It is cal-ai-ber, isn't it?!

[headinhands]

The only times I heard it spoken it was 'neech'. (Only twice, don't move in those circles)

[WanderingTrolley1]

Calla-bruh.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Neesh

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Calibre definitely ends in ber

[LyndaNotLinda]

Neesh, cleek, kali-bur

Click and nitch fill me with rage

[ArgyMargy]

Call-EE-bray would be a Spanish-style pronunciation. It's definitely not call-EYE-ber (we say that as a joke in my family). Calliber with emphasis on the first syllable is most common. And neesh for me - but Americans have always pronounced French words in their own way so nitch is fine if you're American. Maybe nitch is more West Coast?