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".

I bloody love accents.

I have an unfathomable accent

No-one ever gets it

Everyone always asks, 'What is your accent?'.

I had it asked twice last week.

Accents are so interesting.

I do have an accent that isn't typical.

6th?

Sixth.

Obviously.

Sixth isn't a back of the mouth.

It's behind the teeth.

Turmeric and almond annoy me as well. It's not tumourick and arrmond.

Love it!

Tur mer ik

Al Mond.

Obviously.

Actually

The nut is pronounced

Ol Mond.

NOT

Al

Ol. Mond.

I suppose I pronounce more like "always" than "et al" but definitely with an L sound not an R.

Tumourick makes it sounds positively revolting- John Torode always says it on Masterchef.

Always definitely has an L.

Ouwlways.

It most definitely is ar-mund, no L unless a regional accent (edited to add!)

We're evenly split in my house: I say 'ah-mund', DH says 'al-mund'. We manage to live and let live.

However, nobody, as far as I know, actually says 'ar-mund (with a pirate-style 'arr'). And I think it's unfortunate that people with non-rhotic accents insist on transcribing the 'ah' sound as 'ar'. I have a non-rhotic accent myself, so I do pronounce 'ar' sounds as 'ah', so I'm not criticising the pronunciation (although it's certainly not a correct or 'better one), just suggesting that working out the sound 'ah' as 'ar' is inaccurate and a bit confusing.

Sorry, that should say 'writing out', not 'working out'.

I basically dont bother with the 'th' sound at the end.

It may just be my accent then! When I say "six-th" it automatically comes out as a pretty separate two syllable six-thhh". This thread is fascinating!

I thought it was just me being over fussy but apparently not.

Every sicth Wensday I go to the libary. I carry my mewll dewll sangwich in my hambag. I don't always get a libary book, I tend to do that mumfly.

But then I couldn't live with someone who thinks al-mund is correct but fortunately we don't all have to conform

People in the south of England insert unnecessary Rs everywhere so it doesn't surprise me that they think there is one in almond.

I see that this has descended into the usual snotty, insular bitch fest that usually happens with these sort of threads. 🥱 🙄

sicks tth

It takes a wee bit of time to say it properly, as do February and library and Mississippi and cafe latte.

Nice, taking the piss out of people's accents 🙄

The only thing you have got wrong with the above for me is that I say libree not libary, sometimes I might say in me hambag rather than my, but only if I want to be looked down upon even more.

Yep, its really vile actually. Nothing new in MN though.

This confuses me so much! I'm considered well spoken (private school, middle class upbringing) and I would say everything in that first sentence as you have phonetically written it there apart from "libary" where I'd say "libree". Are there really people who say "wed-nes-day"? Isn't it very labour intensive to sound it out in this manner?

I'm very Southern England and I have never, ever heard it said other than "al-mond". Nor "arl-mond" or "ar-mond" unless someone is being particularly pretentious (see also, mah-zarella")

Egg-zit for exit.
Drives me to distraction.