Often or often?

What about subtle? :colbert:

suttle

I think I pronounce the T.

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Originally Posted by Shiny

I don't believe in silent letters.

If the letter is there, then it shouldn't be silent otherwise, don't put it there.

So it's HERB not ERB and it's OFTEN not OFEN. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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I'd love to hear you reading a medical dictionary.

Try "pneumothorax" and "amanibhavam."

...or 'often'

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Originally Posted by Shiny

I don't believe in silent letters.

If the letter is there, then it shouldn't be silent otherwise, don't put it there.

So it's HERB not ERB and it's OFTEN not OFEN. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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If you ever get a knife stuck in your knee, the ambulance dispatcher will think you're prank calling. :greenie:

I've got a kuhnife stuck in my kuhnee!

I really hate it wuhhen buhilders dick about with their puhneumatic drills.

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Originally Posted by Shiny

I don't believe in silent letters.

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That was going to be my response except that I pronounce words the "right" way instead of the "rig-t" way. Also "weig"

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Originally Posted by Shorty

What about subtle? :colbert:

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Suble!

subble?

None of you speak good.

This thread has me questioning every single word that comes out of my mouth.

Now I'm continually repeating out loud that line I just typed...

Now I'm...

Aww man, smurf you all...

Both. Trust me. I'm majoring in American phonetics :D

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Originally Posted by The White Wizard of Fynn

Both. Trust me. I'm majoring in American phonetics :D

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Why is it when someone says 'trust me', I do the opposite?

EDIT

(some website) says this:

Often was pronounced with a t -sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the  [t] came to predominate in the speech of the educated, in both North America and Great Britain, and the earlier pronunciation fell into disfavor.

lolol