Do you pronounce it like it’s spelled, with the “th”, or do you pronounce it “close”?
I pronounce it “close.” How do you pronounce it?
Oops, I should have put this in the OP- I pronounce it “close”. It seems like I have heard a lot of people (especially on the radio) pronouncing the “th” lately, though.
I’d pronounce it with the “th” (and with the “s” as well, of course!).
The “close” pronounciation sounds too much like the way French people pronounce it. Just like their pronounciation of the name Smith: Smiss or Smize (with all due respect to those French folks trying to speak English).
I pronouce it somewhere between “Cloze” and “Cloaths.” It’s like “cloze” but with a hint of the TH. When you say “Cloze” your tongue touches the roof of your mouth; when you say “cloaths” it’s touching the bottom of your upper teeth. When I say “clothes,” I find my tongue is between those two points, touching the back of my upper teeth.
Yeah, what RickJay said.
Funny, I was thinking about this the other day because I usually say it with a bit of the “th” but it feels awkward when saying it. And I noticed that my 13-year-old son pronounces it very awkwardly because it seems he’s trying to say it like I do, with the “th”, without too much success. Maybe I should change my pronounciation.
You could just say “clothing” and be done with it! 
I don’t think I pronounce the “th”, but from now on, I’ll be more conscious of it.
It depends on how quickly I’m talking. If I’m paying attention, it’s with the th.
A similar thing is if I decide to say “wader” or “water.”
"cloze’ here. As in “put your cloze back on, we’re in the middle of the mall!” :eek:
well, it was hot, they were ucomfortable…
Mark me down as one more for “cloze”
Doesn’t seem to be much disagreement here. I was thinking this might turn into another “merry, Mary, marry” thread. I never did get that one, as I pronounce those all the same. (not criticism, I just can’t hear the other pronunciations in my head)
One more for cloze.
I pronounce it “beef” 
If yer from Bawlmor’, hon’, yewse pernouce it “claes,” as in “Claes Oldenburg.”
Throat-Wobbler-Mangrove
I don’t get the Baltimore reference (whooosh!) but here in central Scotland, lots of people do actually pronounce it “claes”.
Like RickJay, I pronounce it with the “th” almost there but not quite.
I am a th pronouncer.