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    maybe like 5% of the time i've ever said "often" i've pronounced the t. offen is the correct way though

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    She means 'a garden of delight'

    From now on I'm gonna say that rather than the actual word.

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    I say it with the T as silent. The other way probably wouldn't really bother me unless I hear the person straining to make sure it's enunciated. Then I'd just slap them and walk away.

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    The 't' is not silent. It is properly pronounced 'off-tin' or awf-tuhn'.

    Silly geese.

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    If you pronounce the t, it means you weren't corrected enough as a child. If you were corrected enough but you still pronounce the t, then it means you weren't beaten enough.

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    If you don't pronounce the 't' you are further butchering the language. You should be beaten along with whom ever taught you to speak.

    Unless you are from England. You guys are allowed to butcher the language.

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    Who's beating who here?

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    No that isn't right.

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    Pants, you pronounced "wrong" incorrectly.

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    I don't often use the word often.

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    I think I've also used them both, but I agree that the "t" is silent. That's how I generally say the word.

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    I don't even pay attention to this word. I think the t is silent most of the time when I say it.

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    I loathe the majority of you, not because you speak funny, but because you insist your funny way of speaking is how it should be.

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    Madonna, do you say "I'm going to the cinema"?

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