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How do you pronounce....

  • 29-05-2011 06:33PM
    #1
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭


    sixth?

    Do you say six-th

    or sikth?

    My friends in the north all pronounce it sikth, thought they were fúcking weird until I was listening to someone on tv today and they pronounced it sikth. A lot of English people pronounce it that way, it just sounds wrong!

    How do you pronounce sixth? 118 votes

    Six-th
    0% 0 votes
    Sickth
    97% 115 votes
    Other
    2% 3 votes


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  • #2
    markc1184
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭markc1184


    Six-th.


  • #3
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    ponces pronouce it sick-th.


  • #4
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,384 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    By raising my cheeks and pushing my tounge to the bottom of my mouth.


  • #5
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    brown


  • #6
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    Saila wrote: »
    brown

    :confused::confused:


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  • #7
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    lizt wrote: »
    :confused::confused:

    br -own


  • #8
    joshrogan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 855 ✭✭✭joshrogan


    it is ot-her not other when pronouncing sixth.


  • #9
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,974 ✭✭✭cml387


    Try this:
    The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.


  • #10
    StereoLove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭StereoLove


    I've never heard of anyone prounouncing it sick-th


  • #11
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    StereoLove wrote: »
    I've never heard of anyone prounouncing it sick-th
    watch sky news sometime, nearly all of them say it.


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  • #12
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    StereoLove wrote: »
    I've never heard of anyone prounouncing it sick-th

    Listen out for it on English tv.


  • #13
    offaly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭offaly1


    cml387 wrote: »
    Try this:
    The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

    Blood alliteration!!:p


  • #14
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    sh íte

    sh íte


  • #15
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    Come down to the south east to hear it pronounced sixt.


  • #16
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    sixty six saucy saussages sizziling on a stainless steel saucepan


  • #17
    St.Spodo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭St.Spodo


    You hear ''sickth'' in the British media. You also hear ''Aleck'' Ferguson quite a bit on Sky Sports News and that.


  • #18
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭shedweller


    Can anyone explain why it is being pronounced sickth? I've also heard fifth pronounced as "fith". WTF?????


  • #19
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    Thirty three.


  • #20
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭shedweller


    Chris P. Bacon wrote: »
    Thirty three.
    Ya mean turty tree right......


  • #21
    Chris P. Bacon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭Chris P. Bacon


    shedweller wrote: »
    Ya mean turty tree right......

    Thats what i said :)


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  • #22
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,018 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    Sickth would be a common pronunciation in NI.

    Surely the culchified Sixt should also have been an option.


  • #23
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    people who say "sickth" should be slapped repeatedly


  • #24
    The Agogo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭The Agogo


    Yes the gob****es on Sky News started this nonsense about pronouncing 6th as "sikt".

    Nowhere in the last 60-80 years of audio history has it ever been pronounced that way.


  • #25
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,665 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Saila wrote: »
    sixty six saucy saussages sizziling on a stainless steel saucepan

    Now I need sausages.


  • #26
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    People from Norn Iron can't talk proper! :pac:


  • #27
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,352 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Sickth is only said by people with lipsts.


  • #28
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    one person voted for sickth. Who was it? Own up!


  • #29
    Pyridine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    No, no yez have it all wrong!!!

    It's six-t!! No -th's around here! :D


  • #30
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    two people voted for sicth yet neither of them have come forward....


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  • #31
    dpe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 520 ✭✭✭dpe


    lizt wrote: »
    two people voted for sicth yet neither of them have come forward....

    I do. But I'm English so I'm right and you're all wrong ;)


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