CanuckAmok
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 04:35 PM
Original message |
do you pronounce the "T" in "often"? |
|
Without thinking about it too much, try it and see...
I don't, unless I make a conscious effort to do so.
|
bif
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 04:37 PM
Response to Original message |
skypilot
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 04:40 PM
Response to Original message |
|
I think I was taught that it's supposed to be silent. Is that true? If it is, it shouldn't be. I've always thought the word sounded better when the "t" is pronounced.
|
arwalden
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 05:45 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
8. Also No. - "Off-en" flows easier than "Off-Ten" |
FatSlob
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 04:50 PM
Response to Original message |
onebigbadwulf
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 04:52 PM
Response to Original message |
4. I do pronounce the T in often |
|
but I always forget to pronounce the T in perfect. I sound like a retard.
|
Mass_Liberal
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 05:16 PM
Response to Original message |
TrogL
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 05:17 PM
Response to Original message |
6. yes, but I'm a pronounciation Nazi |
beyurslf
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 05:17 PM
Response to Original message |
youngred
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 05:59 PM
Response to Original message |
amazona
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 06:22 PM
Response to Original message |
|
It's bad enough to be pretentious, but to be pretentious when you're actually wrong is really embarrassing. The T is silent.
|
msanger
(737 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 06:26 PM
Response to Original message |
11. sometimes I do and someimes I don't. |
|
but more ofen than not, I don't.
|
MAlibdem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 06:28 PM
Response to Original message |
|
just like the b in subtly
|
OhioStateProgressive
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 06:35 PM
Response to Original message |
13. both ways are correct |
aQuArius
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 06:47 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Where I come from, the T's are left out A LOT! My maiden name has a T and no one ever seemed to realize it was ever there, lol.
|
ironflange
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 06:55 PM
Response to Original message |
15. I have noticed in the past that I use the T |
Darranar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 07:10 PM
Response to Original message |
16. Often, but not always. |
tobius
(947 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 07:18 PM
Response to Original message |
populistmom
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Feb-10-04 11:57 PM
Response to Original message |
18. No, and it bugs me when people do |
|
It's one of those pet peeve word pronunciations. Another one is Illinoisssssssssssssssssssss. :crazy: :grr:
I'm sorry to anyone that does though. I'm sure, overall, you are wonderful people despite this.
|
confusionisnext
(187 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-11-04 12:10 AM
Response to Reply #18 |
|
I don't.
But if you look at the etymology, the "en" was tacked on by analogy with selden (= seldom). The word thus derives from "oft", where the "t" was pronounced. So why get annoyed when it is pronounced in "often"?
|
Kickin_Donkey
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-11-04 04:22 AM
Response to Original message |
|
I never hear anyone pronounce it with a T (other than on television). I live in California.
|
truthspeaker
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-11-04 08:51 AM
Response to Original message |
21. no, and I was instructed not to |
|
As a kid I was always told that t is silent.
|
PAMod
(651 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-11-04 11:08 AM
Response to Original message |
22. No, and hearing it drives me nuts. |
pippin
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-11-04 12:11 PM
Response to Original message |
|
if you're from a British background. It's a sort ofAmerican pretentiousness to put down an accent or pronunciation with which they are not familiar.
Have lived in the US for nearly forty years but in unguarded moments I am apt to slip back into "to-mah-to," or "pa-jah-mas," or pronounce the "t" in often without being conscious of the fact. So I'd hate it if any one attributes this to pretentiousness.
Other words most people don't know are pronounced differently in other parts of the world:
laboratory
aluminium
lieutenant
caribbean
:-)
|
grannylib
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Feb-11-04 12:19 PM
Response to Original message |
24. no and I find it kinds bugs me when others do, not sure why |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Fri Apr 26th 2024, 03:16 AM
Response to Original message |