How Do You Pronounce 6th?

[OpalGoose]

Just that question. I hear it pronounced "sicth" by the majority of tv presenters but I always say "sicsth".

Took me an age to think you are saying MEAL DEAL, is that right? And what sort of crazy place puts ws in there? (I am southern speaking but Lancastrian by descent)

But it I were doing the Christmas reading "In the 6th month, the Angel Gabriel....." then I would annunciate more clearly and make sure I said "sick s th"

Best typo ever

Err, Wed-nes-day (small d in wed and small e in nes)

I think we are on the same page. It’s kind of like some London accents that have been around for years but more random w’s

@RobinHumphries as in the sixth one?

I was born on 26th and I pronounce it sick-th, although I generally try to get round it by saying eg March 26 (without any 'th'). I also say fith and feb-ru-ery. I am lazy with library and say li-bree.

Another one for the mix is jewellery. I say ju-well-ree, but I've heard joo-la-ree said often.

In your accent, perhaps. In others it’s sickth.

It’s not about right and wrong, it’s just a difference. Language changes and evolves and sicksth is becoming less common.

I banned Mr Tumble in our house when he kept going 'lie-bree! You sign lie-bree' as if that's a word! Drove me nuts.

People say words differently because we have different accents, not because of laziness.

I knew someone who said SANGWIJ which used to infuriate me!

sicsth
liebraree
fiffth

This is just wrong. As the Geoff Lindsey video I linked explains, linguistics is a descriptive not a prescriptive discipline. There is no one “correct” pronunciation.

Particularly often gets pronounced particulee

I don't think this is to do with accent, though. Pronunciation and accent are not the same thing. They overlap, sure, but they are not synonymous. Whether you say 'sixth' or 'sicth' is a variation in pronunciation. It cuts across accents. Some people with my accent say 'sixth', others with the same accent say 'sickth'.

I don't 😁I try to avoid saying it almost at all costs

I do the same.

@Pebbles16 Yes just saying how I pronounce it - rightly or wrongly!

I say it differently if it's a date, or a fraction.

Date: Sic-th
Fraction: Six-th

Did you actually look in a dictionary?

The OED has the British English pronunciation as “/sɪk(s)θ/”. The brackets mean that the s is optional in British English. Telling me to look in a dictionary without checking yourself is a bit silly.

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/sixth_adj

Sick-th and Fith, and I’m usually a pedant.

Six-th and fif-th remind me of my (much loved but a bit condescending) dad who says things like ‘theETer’ (theatre) and ‘rest-ROHN’ (restaurant)