How do you pronounce “five sixths”?

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In casual speech, I say [sɪkθː], with Compensatory lengthening. Deborah Sale-Butler’s answer mentions “sisths” or “sixs”; I’ll bet you the [s] at the end of “sixs” is lengthened too. In fact, I’ll bet you that’s why she wrote “sixs” and not “six”.

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