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How do you pronounce "Often", ˈȯ-fən or ˈȯf-tən?
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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »why are your "e's" upside down?
The vowel symbol named "schwa", written with an upside-down letter e -- like this: [ə] -- is generally used in transcribing English to represent an unstressed and reduced vowel, as in the last syllable of data, the first syllable of connect, or the middle syllable of calico. http://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/Fall_2011/ling001/English.html0 -
Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
Nope you have s before t thus changing the t's sound... I may have made that up but it appears true.
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.0 -
TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
I stand with you. My T must be heard ofTen.
Why if they plan to silence our T in often do they not pick on the middle T's in:
Potato
button
guitar
kitten
mittens
eighteen
rotten
hotel
cotton
motel
beauty
better
city
butter
little
butterfly
tomato
biting
Saturday
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.
ShuT iT.
Didn't mean to rustle your feathers with the bustle about silent 't'. Maybe jostle your lingo a bit to align with what's proper.
And no, that isn't aliGN with a Guh sound, but go for it.0 -
We could just wrestle about it.0
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Just_J_Now wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
Nope you have s before t thus changing the t's sound... I may have made that up but it appears true.
Nope soften
Don't come at me like that... It's the bloody F isn't it masquerading as an s mid word.... Which may overrule my argument.1 -
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Often, with a hard "t" - but I am from Tidewater Virginia and my ancestors came to North Carolina / Virginia from England so we still pronounce words the same way we did back then. We also have a lot of Dutch influence so house (how-se) is pronounced "hoo-se" a lot and aunt (ant) is pronounced "awnt"... It's not about education as much as it is a dialect based upon where people are from....0
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »From now on all of my "t"s will no only be silen bu compleely omied
Tom Petty beat you to it.
"Is alrigh if you luv meh,
Iz alrigh if you don.
I'm na afraid of you runn'in away honay,
I geh the feelin' you wown..."
https://youtu.be/LJQQYUjPUNQ
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@MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »I only pronounce the "t" if the word is the last word in my sentence.
You make my brain hurt.
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I say Off-en.
Que-pon
Wiss-ull (Not whist-ull, for example)
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With the rise of public education and people’s awareness of spelling in the 19th century, according to the dictionary, sounds that had become silent were sometimes restored. This is what happened with the “t” in “often.”
You might be interested in knowing that “often” was originally just “oft,” and “oft” was commonly used as a prefix in word combinations that are archaic and unrecognizable today.
Even a word like ‘oftentimes,” which appears in modern dictionaries, seems dated and has musty, quaint overtones. It’s also a term that drives people crazy because of its apparent redundancy. But in fact, the words “oftentime,” “oftentimes,” and “oftime” date back to the early 1400s, and “ofttimes” was first recorded in the 1300s, so they have a venerable history.0 -
I say it with a d but
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.
ShuT iT.
Didn't mean to rustle your feathers with the bustle about silent 't'. Maybe jostle your lingo a bit to align with what's proper.
And no, that isn't aliGN with a Guh sound, but go for it.
Lol oh my god, I want to ThroTTle you
Is that a "T" back bikini, btw?
*wistles
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It depends on my mood and who I'm around.0
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »From now on all of my "t"s will no only be silen bu compleely omied
is his in proes o he removal of the sound of the leer ' '1 -
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.
ShuT iT.
Didn't mean to rustle your feathers with the bustle about silent 't'. Maybe jostle your lingo a bit to align with what's proper.
And no, that isn't aliGN with a Guh sound, but go for it.
Lol oh my god, I want to ThroTTle you
Is that a "T" back bikini, btw?
*wistles
*whistles0 -
TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.
ShuT iT.
Didn't mean to rustle your feathers with the bustle about silent 't'. Maybe jostle your lingo a bit to align with what's proper.
And no, that isn't aliGN with a Guh sound, but go for it.
Lol oh my god, I want to ThroTTle you
Is that a "T" back bikini, btw?
*wistles
*whistles
The 'w' was silent so I just omitted it.
F English. Amiright?0 -
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I pronounce the t because it makes it a prettier word. I really don't care if it's incorrect.0
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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »why are your "e's" upside down?
Glad you asked.
That spelling has to do with the International Phonetic Alphabet used by the dictionary as a pronunciation guide for each word.
Here is a quick outline to help you understand how the International Phonetic Alphabet works:- Consonants: Consonants are all of the letters that are not vowels. The English language might have 21 consonants, but there are less consonant sounds. Letters like c and k, and c and s can have the same sound depending on where they are in the word. Other sounds are a combination of consonants, like ch and sh. These make different sounds too. There are not that many consonant symbols to learn, and they are mostly easy to understand—so that is a relief!
- Vowels: The vowels in the English language are a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y. Vowels can be combined with other letters, and each other, to create new sounds. There are a few different ways of pronouncing each vowel, and a symbol for each of those pronunciations.
- Diphthongs: Even if you have heard of vowels and consonants, you probably have never heard this word! Diphthongs are the sounds made by two vowels put together. Sometimes this is just one sound, like the oo sound. Other times the sound starts in one vowels and moves into the next, like the oa in soak.
- Syllables: Along with pronunciation guides for the letters, dictionaries break up words into syllables. These make it easier to spell and speak the word, since they turn one word in a few easy to say parts.
- Stresses: Words in the English language uses stresses. Where you put the stress is important to pronouncing the word right, and can even change the meaning of the word. For example, “when you addRESS the Internet, do not give out your ADDress!”. These two differently stressed versions of address mean two different things, just because of the stress! Dictionary guides show you where the stress goes, and they let you know when a different stress will change the meaning of the word.
- Advanced Sounds: Linguists define vowels as sounds made without placing anything in the way (like your tongue or teeth). Syllables are also created around them—you can’t have too many voiced (non-silent) consonants without a vowel in between, or it is impossible to read. Consonants, on the other hand, are sounds made by partially blocking your breath when you speak. Some sounds, like p, b and g, are actually made by completely stopping your breath! (In case you are wondering, these are called plosives).
that's just silly.0 -
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.
ShuT iT.
Didn't mean to rustle your feathers with the bustle about silent 't'. Maybe jostle your lingo a bit to align with what's proper.
And no, that isn't aliGN with a Guh sound, but go for it.
Lol oh my god, I want to ThroTTle you
Is that a "T" back bikini, btw?
*wistles
*whistles
The 'w' was silent so I just omitted it.
F English. Amiright?
You mean the 'h' was silent... which is correctly pronounced 'aitch' in English not the oft heard 'haitch' in the states.0 -
TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »TeacupsAndToning wrote: »Often people hasten to pounce the 't', but really it is silent to soften the sound. You can listen to many words being pronounced without it. This is an epsitle to make the grammar police glisten and moisten while they nestle up in their castles and pestle those using the hard 't'.
I'm saying that damn "t" with pride
Ahhh, the penchant for improper rapport is like ballet done by break dancers.
ShuT iT.
Didn't mean to rustle your feathers with the bustle about silent 't'. Maybe jostle your lingo a bit to align with what's proper.
And no, that isn't aliGN with a Guh sound, but go for it.
Lol oh my god, I want to ThroTTle you
Is that a "T" back bikini, btw?
*wistles
This is the second time you've made me use this gif.
We should just FiGHT
That's for FFFF Eye Gah Hu Tee for the over-articulators.0
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