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karma
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#1 · Posted: 24 Sep 2008 17:47 · Edited by: karma
I was listening to a marketing conference call the other night and heard an American marketer pronounce the word 'Niche' as [Nitch]. This may sound stupid or neurotic but i pronounce it '[Neesh]'.
Its the first time i heard an American say the word so i was wondering if all Americans pronounce it Nitch?
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#2 · Posted: 24 Sep 2008 20:02
You might be wasting your time wondering about this. You could spend that time working on your niche or neesh.
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#3 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 09:09
I am an American and have heard it pronounced both ways so I guess they must both be right.
Maybe we could start a new style and start pronouncing it 'neeshay' - lol
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karma
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#4 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 14:53
Thanks Mountainmom5, i can sleep tonight. I tend to be slightly obsessive compulsive about small things.
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#5 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 18:29
I don't blame you in the slightest Karma. Niche is one of those that bug me too, especially being a Brit (where were exclusively say neesh) to hearing it any which way in the US where I now live.
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#6 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 19:09
I have heard it both lol, its just one of those things... i am a "neesh" person myself 
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#7 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 21:47
Hi Karma,
That one annoys me on occasion as well. Technically it's pronounced "neesh" but I prefer to say "nitch" being that I am from the USA.
I'd vote for both as being valid.
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#8 · Posted: 25 Sep 2008 23:01
I always say "nitch"....finding a good niche can make you rich. 
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#9 · Posted: 27 Sep 2008 19:59
The only thing that a good nitch needs is a good scratch
Shockingly, dictionary.com (an American site) calls it nitch. I wonder what a UK dictionary would have it as.
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#10 · Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:14
See this link for the pronunciation
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=niche
Just scroll down the page a bit.
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karma
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#11 · Posted: 29 Sep 2008 16:04
Thanks for the replies guys. Im obviously not alone here.
According to the 'Collins English Dictionary' its pronounced neesh.
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#12 · Posted: 8 Oct 2008 07:34
The Oxford English Dictionary has it pronounced as Neesh!!!!
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