Me either or me neither?

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9:18p, 5/20/24

AG

I've seen both. Which is correct?

Me neither sounds like you're picking between two things.

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9:23p, 5/20/24

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Just choose me and that takes care of the confusion. Why say no when yes feels so good

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9:23p, 5/20/24

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I've always used "me neither".

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9:28p, 5/20/24

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They're both wrong, but "me either" is much more wrong because it doesn't contain a negative.

"I don't like Houston."

"I don't either" or "Neither do I" would be the response.

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7:59a, 5/21/24

When I use both in the same sentence, I pronounce the first syllable differently for one of them.

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11:15a, 5/21/24

I don't understand how people get confused about stuff like this. Who taught you how to talk, your inbred third cousin on some backwoods country dirt road?

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11:19a, 5/21/24

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Do you pronounce it "ee-ther" or "eye-ther"?

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11:25a, 5/21/24

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I ain't goin decide!

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11:26a, 5/21/24

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In reply to Wolfpac 08 • 1:14p, 5/21/24

Wolfpac 08 said:
Do you pronounce it "ee-ther" or "eye-ther"?

When I employ these two words in the same discussion I use both for irritation purposes.

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In reply to Seven Costanza • 1:52p, 5/21/24

Seven Costanza said:
They're both wrong, but "me either" is much more wrong because it doesn't contain a negative.

"I don't like Houston."

"I don't either" or "Neither do I" would be the response.

Pretty sure there is an "understood do", like an "understood you" grammatical rule.

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2:42p, 5/21/24

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Use whichever makes you feel good. And then feel the hell out of it.

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In reply to StinkyPinky • 2:52p, 5/21/24

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StinkyPinky said:
Use whichever makes you feel good. And then feel the hell out of it.

Your mom says the exact same thing. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, it appears.

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