Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 14:19     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
No, also from Ohio.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 14:17     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Class thing. It's offen.


DCUM thinks everything is about class. This is not.


+1

I do not pronounce the T- MoCo native.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 14:13     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The correct and proper pronunciation is a silent t. If you didn't know that, you should.


+1


+2
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/often

My husband's brother pronounces the "t" and it drives him nuts!

I probably say it both ways, not even sure. We are all from DC/MD.


https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/correct-pronunciation-of-often

Here's more detail on pronunciation. Apparently pronouncing the t (which i often do) was a sign of lower class once the word itself was accepted as a substitute for oftentimes or offtimes (in which the t would be pronounced)
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 14:06     Subject: Re:Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Yes, DC/MD native.

I don't pronounce the t in soften.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 14:05     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People say Ofen? Hahaha what?


Yes. Both pronunciations are acceptable and the one without the t is more common.


Uh- you say offTEN?!?! Sounds horribly uncouth.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 14:01     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:Class thing. It's offen.


DCUM thinks everything is about class. This is not.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:55     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, Western PA.


Me again: I actually don't! When I read the question, I put the t in ... but I just caught myself using the word naturally, and I don't pronounce the t. Nor do my kids.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:50     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. DC native. Maybe this is more a classism than a regionalism?


I believe this. My mom would get so upset when I pronounced the t. It was blasphemy.


My mother (and father) as well!!
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:47     Subject: Re:Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:No. I don't say the t in soften either.


+1
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:45     Subject: Re:Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Yes, always. Born and raised in DC.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:42     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Yes, white.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:41     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:I'm from Ohio and do not, but don't know how this falls geographically.


You say "offen"?

The word has a t in it.

of·ten
?ôf(t)?n,?äf(t)?n
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:35     Subject: Re:Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, Pacific Northwest native.


No, PNW native.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:22     Subject: Re:Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
No. I don't say the t in soften either.
Anonymous
Post 09/22/2017 13:20     Subject: Do you pronounce the "t" in often?
Often.