Native English speakers - how do you pronounce these words?

[SaVes]

- Either/Neither: "Eeder/Needer" or "Ider/Nider"

- Anti: "Antee" or "Ant-eye"

- Garage: "Gerridge" or "Gahrahsh"

- Route: "Root" or "Rowt"

- Gouda: "Gooda" or "Gowda"

P. S.: Non-native speakers are welcome to answer as well, of course.

Updates

+1 y

Sorry about the "d"s in "either/neither", I meant no confusion. Ignore it and replace it with "th"s.

[Bluemax]

Well, I was raised with an English father. That might have had an influence on me. I used to argue with teachers about the spelling of colour, armour, labour, and so forth. I often showed them books my father owned with the British spelling. Now down to business

I usually say "eether/neether" but on occasion I'll switch to the long i sound.
I go either way with antee or anteye. I've noticed family on my father's side usually say it like anteye. I usually say anteye when I'm adding emphasis
I always say gahrahzh and the other pronunciation of it kind of irritates me
I usually say "root" when it's a noun and "rowt" when it's a verb
I always say "gooda." In fact I've never heard anyone pronounce is "gowda."

[SaVes]

Really? Never heard anyone pronounce it the actual Dutch way?

[Bluemax]

No. Is that how they pronounce it in Holland? I'm from California, where everything is "sick and bitchin', dude."

[SaVes]

Yes, in the Netherlands and pretty much all other European countries they all say "gowda".

[Bluemax]

Hmm. That's good to know. Not being a cheese lover himself, I don't think I ever heard my father pronounce it.

[SaVes]

Where is he from?

[Bluemax]

He and my two aunts were from Manchester... and don't EVER confuse Manchester City with Manchester United in front of my aunt, lest you will get an earache from the lecture. My father moved to America when he was in his late twenties. His accent got less and less noticeable. However, my aunt moved to America when she was in her mid forties. She retains a very noticeable accent at the age of 94. Whenever my father went to visit family back in England, his accent returned and remained for a few weeks. My students heard my father speak and about half of them realized he was from another country. When they heard my uncle (from Southampton), they recognized he was a limey right away.

[SaVes]

Is she a City or United fan?

[Bluemax]

CITY! And she would NEVER let me forget that. If you don't mind me asking, SaVes, when did you come to the states? Do your students notice an accent in you?

[SaVes]

In 2011, but we're moving back this fall.

And yes, my accent is noticeable.

[kheserthorpe]

Either - I use both vowels I think. I say 'th' not 'd' though. Neither I always say 'Nither'

Garage - latter, nobody here says 'gerridge', thats very UK version

Route - definitely former! Canadians own that oo sound (which is more old fashioned actually)

Gouda - I grew up saying Gooda, which is what everyone says, until I met some dutch people who converted me to Gowda.

[SaVes]

I always thought "gerridge" was more the US version.

[HandsomeRaj]

I've heard the 'gerridge' from those towards the countryside in the UK.

[DivaMonae]

Either/Neither I say it with the short I sound not the E sound.

Anti with the short I sound again like ant-eye.

Garage with the first a as a short A and and the second one like a short O.

Route like rowt.

And Gouda like double Os and a short a sound.

[Kris85]

Well from little Miss Canadian here this is how I pronounce my words:
Eether/neether
Usually Ant-eye
Gahrahsh or whoever you spell it lol
Root
Gooda
And that's how this Canuck pronounces it all :D

[WhiteSteve]

I live to hear Canadian hockey analysts say "gOals agAINst AHverage", haha

[Kris85]

Thanks for MH my fav girl!!! xo

[62893]

Either: "eether"
Anti: both
Garage: the second one haha
Route: "Rowt"
Gouda: "Gooda"

This dialect map of the US is pretty interesting https://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/

[SaVes]

That's awesome, thanks!

[Sex_Panther]

i-th-er

ant-i

ga-rag-e <-- lack the accent for the "e"

For Route, both are actually correct depending on it's usage.
"Root" for a road.
"Rowt" for the action of preventing something.
At least in general American English.

No idea about the cheese.

[SaVes]

I'm not quite sure now how you pronounce the first three...

But as far as I'm informed, all of the pronounciations are correct.

[Sex_Panther]

Well, instead of the "d" it should be a "th", that is how it rolls at least according to lexicon but of course in relation to where you are it changes.

"Ante" is actually a word, and "Anti" is a prefix, they are not pronounced the same, but alas this isn't lexicon so again it can be pronounced in those ways but ante is a betting term and has absolutely nothing to do with the prefix. "Ant-eye" is the same as "Ant-I".

Garage is hard to spell out because it's a number of accents but it's almost a three syllable, two syllable word. It's closer to, at least in lexicon "Gar-raj" actually.

I've been too many places and read too many books. Blah; I've heard all of these except for the cheese.

[SaVes]

Thanks, that makes sense!

And well, I think most Americans say "gooda" even though the original Dutch pronounciation is "gowda".

[Sex_Panther]

No problem! :D I hope I'm right enough to be saying this! :D

[SaVes]

I'm sure you're at least not too far from the truth. :P

[WhiteSteve]

Either - E-Thah/NEE-thah (I'm from Boston, haha)

Anti - "E-thah" or, haha, but probably ant-eye more often

Garage - guh-RAHJ

Route - root

Gouda - GOO-da

[SaVes]

Except for one, I'm pronouncing all of them like you.

[Kris85]

You pronounce it all like me buddy, except I don't say neeth-ahhhhh. You crazy Bostonians haha. :P

[WhiteSteve]

I knew I could count on my girls!

[johnny_hustle]

Either/Neither = Neether.
Anti = An-tie
Garage = Gahrahsh
Route = Both, but it depends. For example, Route 66 I will say "root", but if I'm explaining someone the route I took to get to their house I would say Rowt.
Gouda = First time I've heard of this word... and the first one that popped in my head was Gooda.

[SaVes]

You don't know Gouda? It's one of the most popular cheese types there are, like Emmentaler, Parmesan, Feta, Mozarella, Brie, Camembert...

[johnny_hustle]

Nope. I had to google it. I've also never seen it in a store before either. Never heard of Emmentaler or Cammebert either.

[SaVes]

You don't know Emeentaler? The most popular cheese in the world? The Swiss one with the holes in it? :O

de.academic.ru/.../Emmentaler_aoc_block.jpg

[johnny_hustle]

Oh... I just call that swiss cheese. Never new it had a formal name.

[SaVes]

Haha. I figured you must know it, even if not under it's real name.

[johnny_hustle]

Yeah... not really a cheese enthusiast or anything. I just go by what it's called on the package that I get and that's good enough for me.

[SaVes]

Do they seriously label it "Swiss cheese" instead of "Ementaler" where you live?

[johnny_hustle]

Yup hahaha.

[Hans222]

Hey SaVes, is Gouda the cheese from the Netherlands? Dutch is my mother language and I can confirm its the number 2 pronunciation: Gowda.
The rest makes me doubt... you have a point there! Perhaps it's the English vs American pronunciation.

By the way, don't know if you've ever been to Scotland. If you want to hear English that does not sound like English, that's the place to be. Understood max. 60% of the words purely due to teir accent.

[SaVes]

Yes, I know how Gouda is pronounced originally, but most Americans say "gooda".

And well, actuall even within the US there are many different dialects with many different pronounciations. And yes, I know what Scottisch people sound like.

[sketchy]

* Eether / Neether = Ella; Ayther / Nayther = Louis
* Antee = British; Ant-eye = American
* Ga-rij = Place you get your car fixed / genre of music; Ga-razh = Place you park your car
* Rawt = American; Root = British (and French, from which the word derives)
* Gowda

[Maosource]

Eether/neether

Antee when saying antidote but anteye when for instance antivirus... when I read it alone I thought Anteye

Gahhraaahsh

Root

Gowda

I'm Danish and a non native speaker btw.

[Themoonlitsky]

It definitely depends where they're from, haha. My mom's from England and I grew up in the US, so we definitely pronounce these words definitely haha. Here's how I pronounce them:
Ant-eye
Gahrahsh
Root
Gooda

[Themoonlitsky]

oops, forgot Eether/Neether

[front2back]

This will show you how we pronounce different words:

https://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/

-Eyether/Neyether
-Ant-eye
-Gahrahgsh
-Rowt
-Gowda

I'm from the South, so we prefer the "harsher" way of pronouncing things.

[SüßeJäger]

It depends what country you are from and where at in the country. The dialects are different. The US has probably 20 different dialects if you count the minor ones maybe more.

Do you have an accent SaVes?

[SüßeJäger]

Wenn Sie das tun, kann ich sehen, warum die kompliziert sind. Viele von den, erscheinen nicht in Deutsch. ich liebe Deutsch Akzente.

[SaVes]

Ich habe einen Österreichischen Akzent wenn ich Englisch spreche, aber es ist nicht so schlimm.

[SüßeJäger]

Es tut mir leid, einen Österreichischen Akzent hahaha. Das "Ö", "Ü", und "CH" sind am meisten kompliziert für mich in Deutsch. Vor allem die "Ü". Was ist am meisten kompliziert für du in Englisch?

[SaVes]

Ja, Umlaute (ä, ö, ü) und "ch" sind sehr schwierig für die meisten...

To me, I often struggle with words and sentences that have a lot of "th"s in it. Especially when one thing ends with and "s" and the next thing starts with a "th", or vice versa.
Another thing is words that end with "er". When I talk, I often don't know whether to say "-ah" or actually "-er".

[SüßeJäger]

I never struggled with the ä its kinda like a regular e and long a in English mixed together. The ch I have down its like a ch and sh in English mixed. The ö I have down but there is no equivalent in English even close I don't think. And the ü I still struggle with. I think the rest appear in English so theyre fine.

The engilsh th doesn't appear in German. Native German speakers that haven't mastered it usually have a z sound for it. I don't know if there is anything else in English that does not appear in German.

[SaVes]

I wouldn't even know how to explain the correct pronounciation of "ch" or "ü"...

Well, the only other English pronounciations that don't exist in German are the English "w" (in Germ it's always pronounced like a "v") and the English "r".

[SüßeJäger]

Oh of course. I forgot about that one.

In welcher Stadt in Österreich bist du aus haupt?

[SaVes]

In Wien (Vienna).

[SüßeJäger]

Eine schöne Stadt. Ich will mit Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz eines Tages reisen.

[HandsomeRaj]

Eeder/Needer

Anti - I use both depending on in which context

Gahrahsh

Rowt

Gouda (never really used it) but guess it would be Gowda

[ImCoasting]

Eether/neether
Ant-eye
Gahrahsh
Rowt
Gowda
ImCoasting

[SaVes]

Finally an American who says "gowda"!

[ImCoasting]

I hope I made you proud SaVes

[SaVes]

You get an A+ from me.

[evenlift]

"Ider"
"antee"
"Gahrahsh"
"root"
I've never bothered to look up the correct Dutch (?) pronunciation. I currently pronounce it "gooda", but from now on, I'll pronounce it the proper way, whatever that is

[SaVes]

The proper, original Dutch pronounciation is "gowda".

[evenlift]

Then that's how I'll pronounce it from now on

[xHoneyxBeex]

1. "Ee-ther/Nee-ther" (there is no "d" in those words so I don't know why anyone would pronounce it like your examples).

2. "Ant-eye"

3. "Gahrahsh"

4. "Root"

5. "Gooda"

[SaVes]

I only threw in the "d" in because I wanted to emphasize on the "ei". Sorry if it made no sense.

[xHoneyxBeex]

Oh. Haha okay. Well it makes sense now

[Betwyn]

Eether / N-eye-ther

Both ways, :-/

Gar ~ raj

again, both ways..

Gooda

[icantwait]

Ee-thur?
Depends on what I'm using it with
Ger-odge
Rr out
Gooda

[knotme]

Ee thur/New thur
Anti with a long I or antee
Gr... age
R.. owt
Gooda

[Katy16]

Either/Neither: "Eether/Needer"

- Anti: "Antee" or "Ant-eye", sometimes both, it depends on the word

- Garage: I guess "Gahrahsh"

- Route: "Root" or "Rowt", usually root sometimes the other

- Gouda: "Gooda" or "Gowda"

[Katy16]

Oh I use gooda

[dragonfly6516]

I broke the words into parts for you

Ee-ther Nee-ther
An-ty
Guh-rahj
Root or rowt is correct
Goo-duh

[SaVes]

Aren't all versions correct?

[dragonfly6516]

Also a definition may help, Either is when you have two choices and don't have a perference, and neither is when you don't like the options for a choice, anti mean opposite or not, a garage is where you keep your automobile, a route is a road or path for a car, and gouda is a kind of cheese

[SaVes]

My English is actually quite good anyway, but thanks. Haha.

But a lot of people pronounce these words differently, depending on their dialect.

[Ninanda]

I think you should YouTube these words. There are many youtubers that publish videos about how to pronounce words.

[SaVes]

But people use different pronounciations. The intention of my question was to find out which pronounciations you guys use.

[Ninanda]

Oh. I'm sorry, since you asked "native English speakers" I thought you were looking for the right pronouncations instead of what we use. I'm sorry. ^^

[SaVes]

I should have clarified in the details. Haha.

[SarahP]

Either - eether
Anti - antee
Garage - garahge
Route - root
Gouda - gooda
Couple of bonus words here for you...
Tomato - tomahto
Pasta - pahsta