Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoNiche speciesslrpnk.netimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1536arrow-down17
arrow-up1529arrow-down1imageNiche speciesslrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareBruisedMoose@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoMaybe it’s partly regional, but growing up it was always “nitch”. Like “Tom has really found his (nitch).” It only seems to have been making the transition to “neesh” in the last 10 years or so and it still sounds off to me.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIt’s originally a French word so I would guess that nitch is likely the more recent mutation.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYeah. “Nitch” didn’t show up until 1917 and got added to the Webster dictionary in 1961.
minus-squareBruisedMoose@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOh, I agree. The Frenchish version just wasn’t around me growing up.
Maybe it’s partly regional, but growing up it was always “nitch”. Like “Tom has really found his (nitch).” It only seems to have been making the transition to “neesh” in the last 10 years or so and it still sounds off to me.
It’s originally a French word so I would guess that nitch is likely the more recent mutation.
Yeah. “Nitch” didn’t show up until 1917 and got added to the Webster dictionary in 1961.
Oh, I agree. The Frenchish version just wasn’t around me growing up.