too = 'either'

[Tom Zurinskas]

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Lately I've heard "either" spoken as EYE-ther ~iether=2C often.  But I woul=
d have thought ~eether would be the majority.  The President says ~iether.

thefreedictionary.com has
USA          =3D ~eether
UK           =3D ~iether
speaker icon =3D ~eether (and the notation shows ~eether)

M-w.com has ~eether first and ~iether second
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To me ~iether was rare.

Tom Zurinskas=2C Conn 20 yrs=2C Tenn 3=2C NJ 33=2C now Fl 9.
See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk




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> Poster: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> Subject: Re: too =3D 'either'
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> At 6/10/2012 04:25 PM=2C Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >CNN promotes Gov. "Jesse Ventura's" scheme to abolish political parties:
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> >"Imagine! No Republicans! No Democrats too!"
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> Why can't I understand this as too =3D 'also'? "No Democrats also"?
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> Joel
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