On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:37:26 +1000 Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>
writes:
> On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 02:54, Steg Belsky wrote:
> > You actually pronounce "width" /wIdD/?
>
> I do to. And I pronounce 'fifth' and 'eighth' with /tT/s. Why one is
> in
> 'eighth' is fairly clear. I'm guessing it only found it's way into
> 'fifth' to separate the /f/ and /T/. Or maybe I pronounce 'width' as
> /wItT/. I think perhaps there's no phonemic difference between /tT/
> and
> /dD/.
I was wondering: is there anyone who actually pronounces sixth as /sIksT/
like every dictionary I've seen says? For some reason I have a hard time
pronouncing /sT/.