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How many of you pronounce the "t" in often?

I don't and when I hear it, it always sounds odd..

stomato 6 July 11
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I do. And I’m from the south. Lol

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The ‘t’ is silent. Like the ‘P’ in swimming.

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I do.

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Nope I don't use the T - and I always kind of wonder when someone does? lol

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The 't' in often is silent like the second 'm' is silent in Mormon. 😛

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I "often" do, tho I try to keep the 't' soft. That would be near impossible if it wasn't paired with an 'f'!

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I don’t pronounce the t.

Hermit Level 7 July 12, 2018
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We stopped pronouncing it over here because the high tax made it too expensive.

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I often do.

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I do. It's just proper english pronounciation.

Plus, how is someone going to justify that they are speaking when they are not doing it with clarity? Speaking a language is necessarily to precisely speak that language.

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Very seltdom.

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Always.

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I don't

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No, but I have a rich local accent, and round ere we wudent say offen anyroad, we'd say much.

Aubz Level 2 July 12, 2018
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I pronounce the "t" in "often." I also say "fewer" when referring to a smaller number of things, and "less" in reference to a smaller amount of something. I pronounce nuclear NEW-CLEE-ARE, unlike Bush II, whose won't it was to say NOOK-YOU-LAR, which is fine if you are only 5 years old or an adult hillbilly, but totally unacceptable if you are POTUS. I found it extremely funny that many of 43's Republican compatriots took to mispronouncing "nuclear" on purpose, apparently to normalize what was obviously wrong simply to show political solidarity. I see the same kind of thing happening today. Republicans normalizing and/or approving of 45's wacko behavior, aiding and abetting the covering up of his criminal acts, merely for political expediency. Unfortunately, mispronunciations and bad grammar are the least of our worries right now.

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Being British I didn't even notice this was a thing until I said it out loud a few times. Yes, I pronounce the T.... I also pronounce the H in Herbs and I even still throw an imaginary R in Tomato. tom-A-toe just doesn't sound right when I say it ?

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I think "offen" sounds weird. The T isn't silent.

JimG Level 8 July 12, 2018
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I do.

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I just love how a very simple question like this, on this site gets people talking. I very often (offen) bypass all the super serious stuff that's posted. I respect them very much, but I like to keep things lite. We don't always have to be so serious. And that's one of the many things I like about this website!

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I don't. My partly British education is to blame!
But instead of ..not often...i say seldom which you don't here that often anymore.

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