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I find it hilarious that my compatriots try so hard to learn to pronounce the th when a good many brits just use an f sound.
by forinti 5y ago
I find it hilarious that my compatriots try so hard to learn to pronounce the th when a good many brits just use an f sound.
- kergonath 5y agoWhat you mean bruv?
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoHow to Cockney speakers say words like "fifth" or "sixth" though? I've always wondered. Can't just be "fif", can it?
- bombcar 5y agoFif and Sixf are heard enough here in America; enough that both fif and fifth sound fine to me.
- secondcoming 5y agoThe BBC pronounces 'sixth' as though it was spelled 'sikth'
- denton-scratch 5y agoNative english speaker here. Hardly anyone enunciates the 'x' in a word like 'sixth'. I say 'sikth' (and I fancy myself a fairly eloquent speaker). It's got too many consonant sounds; the human tongue just isn't agile enough for a word like that. You might get it properly-enunciated by a university don, or certain kinds of very pernickety radio presenters.
- secondcoming 5y agoMe too. I think that difficulty is restricted to UK and then maybe only England. I know pretty much everyone in Ireland pronounces the 'x', and I don't recall any Scottish people doing it the BBC way. I've no idea about the US, Aus, etc. YMMV
- euroderf 5y agoFWIW, the sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.