How should i pronounce often

For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Should I pronounce the "t" in often? Thread starter kclub Start date Mar 31, When I first learned the word "often", my teacher pronounced the "t" in it she was American. But, recently, I was also told that the "t" shouldn't be pronounced in often.

It has taken on a unique nature for each country who owns it. An interesting and surprisingly passionate discussion! What I have learnt from teaching English is that it is a language which is complex, flexible and fluid. The poll on this page is revealing. I actually never heard anyone pronounce the T in often until I moved to the east coast, assuming it to be a regional affectation, but I always was told that pronouncing the T labels someone as an illiterate, in the same way as people who pronounce preferably as pre-FER-ably.

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Elizabeth on June 22, am This brought much delight today. Holly on June 22, am Elizabeth is right. Rebecca on June 22, am Good post!

ApK on June 22, am Fascinating. Where as if it is more casual and less important I say it without the t I guess I am just a rough colonel from the end of the earth, very far away from mother England? There really is no right or wrong way of speaking English anymore is there? Thanks Geoff sevensentences. I enjoyed mentally trying this out, though! Deborah H on June 22, pm Offun. But is it Toosday or Tewsday? Bob Kaplan on June 22, pm I just thought of something else.

Cindy Cotter on June 22, pm Silent t here. Peter on June 22, pm Offun. Our Privacy Policy sets out how Oxford University Press handles your personal information, and your rights to object to your personal information being used for marketing to you or being processed as part of our business activities.

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