Do you pronounce the 't' in often?

[FuzzyDunlop]

Today I said the word often and a particularly annoying coworker told me that I was pronouncing it wrong. He says that it is pronounced offen not oft-en. I tried to explain that its pronounced both ways, but he claims that its only pronounced offen. Whats your opinion?

CLIFFS:
1) Say the word often outloud.
2) Do you pronounce the "t"?


EDIT: Added poll.. sorry its so late, ive been away for a while.

 

[Toasthead]

it is OFTen

you have to pronounce the T

 

[gorcorps]

I don't pronounce my t but I know it's supposed to be OFT-EN

 

[mh47g]

Off-tin.

 

[Demo24]

I say of-ten

 

[Baked]

Oven.

 

[mh47g]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
I say of-ten

Wow, that's way off.

 

[mrCide]

I say coffin, and when they question what I said, I look at them like they're retarded.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

I never heard an american/english pronounce it ofTen its always "offen", so I guess "offen" should be the right one

I mean its like "Knight"... everyone pronounces Knight the same way as Night, why? And I bet there are alot more words like that

 

[FDF12389]

OfTen

 

[Ika]

There's supposed to be a T.

 

[KeithTalent]

Offin, do not pronounce the T.

KT

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I pronounce the T, but I pronounce it as a 2. So I say "off-two-en." Everyone assumes I'm just complaining about their singing.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
I don't pronounce my t but I know it's supposed to be OFT-EN

I don't pronounce the 't' either, but both versions are acceptable.

of·ten: aw-fuhn, of-uhn; awf-tuhn

 

[blackdogdeek]

often

often - (1) ['?.f?n] ["O.f@n], (2) ['?f.t?n] ["Of.t@n]. Many dictionaries list (2) as an acceptable pronunciation, but all list (1) first. (2) is a spelling pronunciation.

 

[jonks]

NO

Some people pronounce mischievous "miss-cheev-ee-us" as if there was an I before the OUS. Got into a scrap with a 6th grade substitute teacher about that 20 years ago. Dumb biotch.

Riddle: what word is always pronouned wrong even by expert linguists?

 

[rasczak]

oz'zen

 

[Lash444]

The original way to pronounce it is without a "t" sound.

However, it's like anything else, over time different people said it with and without the "t" sound and it's generally acceptable to use it either way.

Sounds to me like your friend is just being a nazi over it. He probably had his butt reamed by some other priss over the exact same topic and just wants to make you feel uneducated over something so juvenile.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: sirjonk


Riddle: what word is always pronouned wrong even by expert linguists?

"wrong"????

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself
I never heard an american/english pronounce it ofTen its always "offen", so I guess "offen" should be the right one

I mean its like "Knight"... everyone pronounces Knight the same way as Night, why? And I bet there are alot more words like that

Just because the people often times pronounce it wrong doesn't mean it is correct. How often do you pronounce the word tree as "tree" instead of "chree?" Does that mean it's supposed to sound like that?

 

[clamum]

I pronounce it as "off-tin".

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sirjonk


Riddle: what word is always pronouned wrong even by expert linguists?

"wrong"????

Lol :laugh:

KT

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Originally posted by: Lash444
The original way to pronounce it is without a "t" sound.

However, it's like anything else, over time different people said it with and without the "t" sound and it's generally acceptable to use it either way.

Sounds to me like your friend is just being a nazi over it. He probably had his butt reamed by some other priss over the exact same topic and just wants to make you feel uneducated over something so juvenile.

ya! Way to often.
nazi, butt reamer, priss... that about sums it up!

 

[nakedfrog]

Why is there no poll?

 

[Xavier434]

of-ten