A friend of mine and I got in to an argument over the word o-f-t-e-n. I say ofen she says off-ten. I have been on a mission to find out how people say this word. I have often asked other people how they pronounce the word and many have said offten, I agree to disagree…. I have asked around the building here at work, I asked a lot of the employees here at LaCrosse Radio and all but four agreed with me with a pronunciation of ofen. Some of the answers of why they pronounced the word that way was, I am not British, I am not hoity toddy and don’t say tamatoe either, the t is silent, it is standard American dialect, according to the Websters New World Dictionary saying the word aw-fuh; is first preferred and awf-tuhn is secondary. As a matter of fact to hear the proper way of saying the word often check out the dictionary.com website or just click here http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/often By the way some other words with the silent T listen, moisten, fasten, glisten. So who is right???
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