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There very much is a 't' sound in 'often,' but it depends on how you talk (whether or not there was before, language changes). If you're saying native speakers
by boondaburrah 5y ago
There very much is a 't' sound in 'often,' but it depends on how you talk (whether or not there was before, language changes). If you're saying native speakers are saying it wrong, then I don't know what to tell you.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoI would only pronounce the t when emphasizing the word.
- boondaburrah 5y agoThat and if you need to hit the back of an auditorium without a mic.
- vehemenz 5y agoMaybe you're young or speak a nonconventional dialect. In my local dialect (Midwest American), the "t" is almost never pronounced. I wouldn't say it's wrong to hammer the "t" home, but it sounds clumsy to my ears.
- ncmncm 5y agoLinguists call it "spelling pronunciation": pronouncing as written, pedantically, despite not hearing it spoken that way. It's silly, but less silly than many other things. Of course, the more it happens, the more other people hear it that way and come to believe it is normal. In some times and places it becomes normal.