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It is ai·thuh for the British and ee·thr for Americans.

I am watching House of the Dragon and I encountered ai·thuh instead of ee·thr being used. It is an American television series, right? The question is whether Americans don't care casually or is it the region series is based on, or something else. I observed the same thing in Lucifer, Mazikeen always pronounced it ai·thuh. Even if she was not from this planet, she was in Los Angeles. Do the cast follow their own accent or do they go with an American accent when they are working in an American Show? It may not be a big deal for Natives to pronounce it casually as they wish but it confuses us (nonnatives) a lot especially me.

Muhammad Arslan
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    see https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/60910/pronunciation-of-either?rq=1 and https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/28/which-pronunciation-of-either-is-preferred?rq=1 – James K Oct 11 '22 at 21:13
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    Both pronunciations are used in different parts of Britain. ai-thur is more common in the south, and ee-ther in the north. In the US, also, both pronunciations may be found. – Michael Harvey Oct 11 '22 at 21:55
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    I’m voting to close this question because it is based on a misunderstanding. – Michael Harvey Oct 11 '22 at 21:55
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    @MichaelHarvey What's the misunderstanding? – gotube Oct 11 '22 at 22:24
  • I actually pronounce is both ways and I am an AmE speaker. Go figure. – Lambie Oct 11 '22 at 23:44
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    @gotube - that one pronunciation is used by all British English speakers ('the British'), and the other by all Americans. – Michael Harvey Oct 12 '22 at 07:10
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    I don't like "ai-thuh" as a representation of pronunciation - it seems to be half-IPA and half-English-respelling. The average English reader would normally interpret "ai" as representing the "ai" of words like "laid". It is only our knowledge of the two pronunciations of "either" that stops us from doing so. I would suggest "eye-thuh". – rjpond Oct 12 '22 at 07:56

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In British and American English, both "ee-tha" and "ai-tha" are acceptable pronunciations. So your question is ill founded. Both pronunciations are okay.

Generally a British dialect speaker will speak with a British accent, even if they are living in the USA, however they may "pick-up" some American vocabulary, or even eventually an American accent.

In a TV show for an American audience, a British actor may adopt an American accent to play an American character, or the script-writer might use an American word, to avoid confusing the audience (even though the character is British and is speaking in a British accent)

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  • "Generally a British dialect speaker will speak with a British accent, even if they are living in the USA," I do my best to speak like someone out of Deputy Dawg when I am living in the US, so that people don't call me a 'milquetoast Limey'. – Michael Harvey Oct 13 '22 at 09:46