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".

Hambag

From the OED website “Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within is optional.”

https://www.oed.com/information/understanding-entries/pronunciation/british-english-pronunciations/

Same as you op.
sandwich I pronounce it sand witch. 😂

Unless I'm exaggerating the word or making an effort to enunciate properly (at a meeting or interview) I say "fith" and "sics". I have a Lancashire accent which typically misses out syllables or shortens words.

In addition the OED explain that their pronunciations reflect the RP accent and that “the form of RP being described is still an ‘accent’. It is one variety of English pronunciation, not attempting to span all feasible ‘British’ pronunciations”.

They do not claim to be a guide to correct pronunciation.

@Circumferences I also do an f sound instead of a th sound when not speaking formally.

@Brownstains I may have an "incorrect" accent but I can apostrophes correctly- there's two missing from your post. Check your own usage before denouncing the way other people use language.

That’s called th-fronting. It’s common where I live. I don’t do it as much compared to the rest of my family but definitely have some in my accent. It’s a regional variation and not wrong. Even Princes William and Harry occasionally pronounce th as f.

I asked my mum when I was tiny why it was called a ‘hambag’ 😄 still say it! Also say Samwidge. People are always telling me I’m posh (and I’m in Surrey, very plummy area!) But of course MN is another world entirely 😆

I’ve had a go and had a listen to myself and turns out I say ‘fith’ and just ‘six’ not even attempting the ‘th’

i feel a bit disappointed in myself 😂

Oh… you’re one of those tedious people who genuinely believe that regional accents are “wrong”. This doesn’t make you sound as clever as you think it does.

I’ve tried all the other ordinal numbers and I promise I pronounce the ‘th’ properly in all the others! I will try harder 😆

@Brownstains My point is that you're lecturing people on correct usage of the English language but your own literacy is very poor. It's called hypocrisy.

I thought posh people usually say THEE/etr... emphasis on the first syllable but the second virtually swallowed. Say it like you're Lady Mary in Downton.
I recall the 60s song by the Kinks (sarf Londoners to the bone) 'Well respected man about town' in which Ray Davies sang ...'and he goes to the thee-ETTER.'
Camberwell all the way.

🙈

Cormwall

This is more like my accent, Portsmouth. I don't say Wensdee, probably Wensday though. My accent isn't really strong but those who do have strong ones will say deyn teyn (down town) and not pronounce H or T either. Bite would be pronounced boyte (but with a hardly sounding T).

And why do people change 'str' to 'shtr' as in 'shtraight' and 'shtreet' ?

To be fair, other dictionaries do not consider the 's' to be optional.