How to pronounce often?

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	Bluealbatross  #343478  Mon, 26 Mar 07 01:07 AM Could you please tell me what is the best way to pronounce often (BrE): "Of-T-en" or "Ofen" Thank you in advance!    Bluealbatross Joined on Mon, Jan 16 2006 Mexico New Member (47) If you want to practice Spanish, contact me!!!!!!!!

	Marvin A.  #343496  Mon, 26 Mar 07 03:21 AM The former.    Marvin A. Joined on Fri, Dec 8 2006 Regular Member (638)

	Conchita57  #343861  Mon, 26 Mar 07 11:22 PM  Marvin A. wrote: The former. I beg to differ: both pronunciations are used, accepted and correct.  In other words, none is better than the other.    Conchita57 Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Madrid, Iberian Peninsula Full Member (315) In the beginning was the word.

	Marvin A.  #344418  Wed, 28 Mar 07 06:47 AM >> I beg to differ: both pronunciations are used, accepted and correct.  In other words, none is better than the other.<< Oh really?  I thought that the latter was rather stigmatized in British English.    Marvin A.
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	nona the brit  #344450  Wed, 28 Mar 07 08:40 AM The latter was previously the 'correct' version in British English but nowadays you will often hear often with the 't' as well. Either way is currently acceptable but I'd say that educated speakers still tend to miss out the t.    nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member (11,450) The name says it all.
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	Lil' Ruby Rose  #344474  Wed, 28 Mar 07 09:58 AM This was one of my mother's pet hates - we would always be corrected for saying 'of-ten' rather than 'offen'.  Another dictat was that 'forehead' be pronounced 'fo-rred'.    Lil' Ruby Rose Joined on Wed, Dec 20 2006 West of England Regular Member (850) Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion.

	Alienvoord  #344715  Wed, 28 Mar 07 10:55 PM The pronunciation with /t/ is a spelling pronunciation - it was pronounced without /t/ until the 1800s, when it began to be pronounced with /t/ because it was spelled with T. I think that the pronounciation of "forehead" that Ruby Rose describes is another example.    Alienvoord Joined on Tue, Jul 25 2006 Toronto Full Member (317) I'm a Canadian English speaker
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	Bluealbatross  #346629  Tue, 03 Apr 07 05:05 AM What a confusing topic. Gosh I need to post this question because I'm getting crazy. How a PhD in English would pronounce Often in London? How do you pronoune this word?    Bluealbatross

	CalifJim  #346669  Tue, 03 Apr 07 07:46 AM How a PhD in English would pronounce Often in London?  I don't know.  I live in California. How do you pronounce this word?   To rhyme with soften, i.e., without the T sound. CJ    CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member (17,747) "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche