Sixth

[grandpajoe]

And, whilst I am at it and before I go to bed. Is it me or have you noticed as well, how many people cannot say "SIXTH" and say "SICK" or "SICK TH"

Is this a new phenomenon 'cause I have only just noticed it.

Chris

[bellazella]

I can truly say that i say sixth

[HowardKennitby]

I have noticed that as well. For some reason I find it more irritating than most mispronunciations.

[Maydup]

Thankfully I find little use for the word, but on the 6th April I'll make a point of saying sixth out loud without putting ck in the middle if it pleases you!

[dotty.]

I must be deaf

[annadomino]

Not only can I say 'sixth' I can say 'texted' :)

[HowardKennitby]

I used to watch F1 motor racing and it seemed that most of the commentators were incapable of pronouncing that word correctly. It really put me off the whole thing.
My other pet hates are - reco(g)nise, sec(r)etary and Feb(r)uary.
I would never have been allowed to get away with this at school.

[grandpajoe]

Yes I said maybe I was being picky but when a TV presenter, whom I admire, J Paxman says it what hope is there. As for the Yanks...... Say no more Squire.

[Nummy]

Sick-th is one of my irks, along with 'aks' rather than 'ask' (mainly American) and 'haitch' rather than 'aitch' and 'drawring' rather than 'drawing'

And of course there's that good old girl 'Laura Norder' (Law and Order) though tbh it's just hearing the announcers saying like that that annoys me.

[Zacs-Master]

A certain ethnic group pronounce ask as 'aks' but we all know what hey mean in the context of the question, so why the consternation?

[HowardKennitby]

Nummy

There is historical evidence for 'aks' or 'axe'

ask, n.1 Forms: 1 æsce, 3 axe, (?) as.
[OE. æsce, f. áscian (see prec.); cf. ODu. esch. As is prob. = ash or ask: see the vb.]
Asking, inquiry; thing asked, request.
_1000 Laws of Athelstan _5 (Thorpe I. 230) Hæfdon ealle ða æscean.
1205 Lay. 1053 Eouer axe ich eou leue.
_1230 Juliana 16 He failed of his as.
1781 T. Twining Let. 8 Dec. in Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 108, I am not so unreasonable as to desire you to_answer all my asks.
1886 _Cavendish' Whist 127 When your three comes down in the next round, it is not an ask for trumps.

and it is my understanding that this was transferred to the Caribbean and USoA and has stayed.
Compare with US 'aluminum' which was the original spelling and remains with them while UK spelling has changed.

[naomi24]

//I must be deaf //

Me too Dot.

[jno]

aks is quite an old pronunciation for ask, to the point that the books don't seem sure which it was when it first entered Englsh. And wasp used to be waps. Things change.

[Zacs-Master]

I think we concur once more JNo.

[starone]

Have you noticed in the American series NCIS they say "What do you got?" instead of "What have you got?". Or perhaps you don't watch the same rubbish as I do. (I nearly put "as what I do" for fun, but I thought you might not appreciate it.)

[Nummy]

Well, thank you for that information, I can honestly say i have learned something :)

Still doesn't stop me being irritated by it though.