Quick Question
I have a quick question for all of you: How do you pronounce the word "often"? I pronounce it with the "t" sound, but have often been told by Japanese teachers of English that they have never heard a native speaker say it this way before, and they question my accuracy. I have heard it pronounced without the "t", but always thought those people were in the minority. Am I the only one that says it this way? Have I been saying it wrong all of these years?
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you are not alone on this one.. i think most brits say it with a t too!
I pronounce the "t."
I pronounce it without the t but i'm sure it's not that strange...you hear it all the time on movies/tv. maybe you should show them someone famous saying it that way!
i think its pronounced differently depending on context in England...and that is after all the Queen`s favourite english!! So, if i chatting informally i think don`t pronounce the T. And i think its more formal to pronounce the T. If i am speaking slowly i pronouce it, and that could be when giving orders..so guess that means its more formal.
ok, ah am i sounding like a teacher or what! many apologies!!!;)
ah yes...also, it depends what you are stressing in the sentence... if its amount of time you stress the T... if there is something else you want to emphasise you don`t pronounce the T, as the word becomes less important.
so we seeing you tonight or what?? you have not been to fukuoka very ofTen lately!!!!!!!!!
I think most Aussies say it without the 't' but I have heard both ways a lot. In Aust we get both sides of the coin so to speak wherever you go... Words with more than one pronunciation are said all ways. Sorry if that is all as clear as mud.
PS... Don't take that crap from your JTEs!!!
I take tha back. I don't know if most Aussies say it with out the 't' but I do. I am interested to know how Alex says it!
I think its and either (EEther) either (IIther) sort of thing. Sometimes with the T and sometimes without.
"an" not "and"
WOW! Thanks for all the replies. I feel so much better now. ^_^ I've been told it so many times now that I was almost developing a complex.
I do both and I'm not sure which I do more often. I've been questioned aboout it too and asked not to pronounce with a 't' as it will only confuse the wee kiddees. Obviously it is impossible for them to cope with the same word pronounced in different ways. That said, I did have a teacher marvelling the other day that heel and heal are pronounced exactly the same way. Many Japanese do seem to believe that there is a difference in pronunciation between sea and see.
Interesting. How did the teacher pronouce "heal" and "heel" before this discovery?
Not sure if I'm commenting too late, but, in American English you don't pronounce the "t".
Um, then I guess that I (and some other Americans in my prefecture) don't speak American English.
I guess not :) But here are a few links to check out. wikipedia says that the "t" has come to be accepted post-1990. But the other link says absolutely not, and compares "often" with other words like "listen".
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_of_disputed_pronunciation#O
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