Sixth

[nq:2]Is the pronunciation of 'sickth' for 'sixth' becoming common? In ... new thing, or have I just not noticed it before?[/nq]
It's been around for a long as I can remember. It's uttered by people who (a) don't have sufficient control over their tongue to be able to pronounce it properly (e.g., Jamie Oliver, I think), or (b) are too ignorant to know the proper pronounciation (e.g., probably

[nq:1]Is the pronunciation of 'sickth' for 'sixth' becoming common? In the UK, I frequently hear sports commentators in particular, telling ... sickth place. It seems to be widespread. Is this a new thing, or have I just not noticed it before?[/nq]
Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic (not to be confused with the Boston Symphony), has been making a series of recordings of the

[nq:1]Is the pronunciation of 'sickth' for 'sixth' becoming common? In the UK, I frequently hear sports commentators in particular, telling ... sickth place. It seems to be widespread. Is this a new thing, or have I just not noticed it before?[/nq]
Hasn't gotten hear yet, thank goodness, but what with the antartic being common, I fear it's on its way.
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[nq:2]Is the pronunciation of 'sickth' for 'sixth' becoming common? In ... new thing, or have I just not noticed it before?[/nq]
[nq:1]Hasn't gotten hear yet, thank goodness, but what with the antartic being common, I fear it's on its way.[/nq]
I expect that most people who say "antartic" for "Antarctic" do so because they pronounce "Arctic" as "artic," and the reason they do that is becau

[nq:2]widespread. I expect that most people who say "antartic" for ... the pronunciation having endured from the Middle English word "artik."[/nq]
Nah. I think they say it out of pure ignorance. Like people who say "ecscape" for "escape".
Jemmy
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[nq:1]and in the explanatory disc Zander, whose accent sounds to me very similar to RP, consistently pronounces the word "sikth." ... his first use of the word. I wonder if this is an example of hyper-RP, assuming there is sucha thing.[/nq]
There are indeed forms which could be called "hyper-RP"; none of these features the mispronunciation of "sixth". "Sickth" is by no means uncommon in BrE, t

[nq:1]Nah. I think they say it out of pure ignorance. Like people who say "ecscape" for "escape".[/nq]
First, *I* say "artic" for "arctic," and it's not ignorance on my part.

Second, the *Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary* shows "artic" as a standard pronunciation for "arctic" and "antartica" as a standard pronunciation for "Antarctica." It does not precede these variants with

[nq:1]First, *I* say "artic" for "arctic," and it's not ignorance on my part. Second, the *Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary* shows "artic" as a[/nq]
But does the Meirman-Webster Dictionary show that?
[nq:1]standard pronunciation for "arctic" and "antartica" as a standard pronunciation for "Antarctica."[/nq]
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[nq:2]First, *I* say "artic" for "arctic," and it's not ignorance on mypart. Second, the *Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary* shows "artic" as a[/nq]
[nq:1]But does the Meirman-Webster Dictionary show that?[/nq]
[nq:2]standard pronunciation for "arctic" and "antartica" as a standard pronunciation for "Antarctica."[/nq]
If they are doing their job right, that is, operating according to m

[nq:1]part.[/nq]
[nq:2]But does the Meirman-Webster Dictionary show that?[/nq]
I guess this should have had a smiley.
[nq:1]If they are doing their job right, that is, operating according to modern lexicographic principles, they do it because the evidence led them to that conclusion.[/nq]
You didn't convince me, but I didn't argue. I only posted a joke. But since we're back to the