Oct 8, 2026 · 17 min
American English favors “me neither” over “us neither”
AEE 2701: Us Neither or We Neither? Would you Believe… Neither!
Small agreement choices can make otherwise correct English sound natural—or noticeably awkward—in everyday conversation.
- 1“We don’t either” and “neither do we” naturally agree with negative statements about group activities and plans.
- 2“Me neither” is the standard concise response to a negative statement about oneself, despite common native-speaker use of “me either.”
- 3A summer-plans role-play shows how agreement forms change with verbs, identities, preferences, and shared plans.
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The hosts use a summer-plans role-play to contrast “we’re not either,” “we don’t either,” and “me neither” in context.
The brief
Aubrey Carter and Lindsay McMahon frame a deceptively small fluency problem: how to agree naturally when someone makes a negative statement in American English.
“Us neither” and “we neither” may be understandable, but everyday American English more often uses “we don’t either” or “neither do we.”
The hosts match agreement forms to the sentence: “we’re not either” and “neither are we” for identities or states, and other patterns for activities and plans.
The standout correction is “me neither,” the standard short response about oneself—even though native speakers commonly say “me either” in conversation.
A summer-travel role-play puts the forms into motion, showing how short chunks such as “we don’t either” and “me neither” create easy conversational connection.