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This is not an easy question. The problem is the phrase "it should be". If you are coming from the point of view of grammarians, then proper spelling, pronunciation and grammar are primary. Of course these things are important, and if I were interviewing potential law or medicine students, any who could not pronounce "sixth" would bear a closer look, or would be quickly eliminated from the list.
On the other hand, the truth is that a language is the way people speak, and the spoken word came before the written word. Languages do change, and English is particularly good at change. This is probably because from its beginning as a creolized form of Danish and other languages in its early history, English has been borrowing words and modifying words at a rapid rate. There is a tendency, reasonably well understood by linguists, for the sounds we make in words to change over time, and I don't pretend to be able to outline any of the exact technical details. But if you listen carefully to the word sixth, you hear 3 consonant sounds at the end, with no vowel sounds between: k-s-th. This is obviously harder to say than 'sickth', even if 'sickth' sounds awful. If you could travel into the future several hundreds of years, you might find that 'sickth' or something close is an acceptable, or maybe the only pronunciation of 'sixth', and that by then the spelling might have changed as well.
Now how about the word asked? You have 3 consonant sounds (at least in the written version) in a row: s-k-d. Perhaps at one time it was pronounced ask-ed (two syllables) by English speakers. But I never hear anyone say it that way today. Who doesn't actually say ass'd sometimes when speaking this word? Sometimes you might say it with a terminal 'k' sound (no vowal sound after it) and maybe a 't', as in askt, or maybe even asst. The sounds of words change.
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Is it correct to say it's me who should say thank you?
yes it is polite unless your the one who did it then you should say your welcome.correct answerI think the questioner was probably thinking of the difference between "It is me" and "It is I." Strictly speaking, you should say "It is I" because the "I" is a predicate nominative, not a direct object.We should say It is I, and we must write it that way, at least in formal writing, but in informal speech, many people will say it is me.
You have heard sixth pronounced sikth on tv so thought that was correct?
I'm fairly certain this is Middle American Pronounciation. I'm from Pennsylvania, and we always say 'sikth'. I'm an exchange student right now, though, and I've met a Long Islander, Canadian, and a girl from Florida. They all properly say 'sixth', and seem suprised that I don't. Even now trying the proper way is difficult for me, and I can't say it without thinking first. So I would say people from the Midwest and Plains states have a rather simplified pronounciation of object number six.
What is an abbreviation for school?
People say S Or Sch People say S Or Sch
How do you say ochu?
I always say ochu, but some people say ochu.
Should the word world be capitalized?
It should only be capitalized if you are going to say" Earth" but if you are just going to say world then no.
How do you say sixth in urdu?
sixth .
How do you say sixth in words?
Sixth.
When should you say shabbath shalom?
If you are talking about what day too say it on? It start's on sixth day night at sunset.
What is the book level of all the diary of a wimpy kid books?
I would say a first-second grade level, though most people say sixth, but it is much to easy for sixth graders.
In which 1999 movie did Haley Joel Osment say 'I see dead people'?
The Sixth Sense.
What do radio telescopes hear?
I would say that they hear sounds from deep space,you should have learned that in sixth grade.
What do you say to your crush when you accidentally ignored him the other day?
you should have sex with him ---------------------------------------------------- thanks, but I'm only in sixth grade...
Did Kobe when sixth man of the year?
it's WIN! and no he never did, so why do people say that to less important people on their team... when Kobe was only sixth man because LA just wanted him to score, and Kobe just wanted to be in the starting lineup?
If you are in sixth grade and someone asks you to say the f word do you say it?
It depends, if you are trying to impress someone then no. But anyway you are in sixth grade that's when you start.
Should people say X-Mas instead of Christmas?
People can say it but you don't hav to say It
How do you say sixth in Spanish?
You would say "el sexto" or "la sexta".
How do say sixth period in Spanish?
sexto período
