How do you pronounce?

[Ithaya]

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KoshiDoragon

I find the word "often" confusing to pronounce. Sometimes I say the "T" and sometimes I silence it.

I remember being told that saying the T in "often" is a more old-fashioned way. I think both ways are considered correct.

What? You can skip the T in often? That's news to me...
That only happens when I'm speaking fast.
So when it's said in normal speech, yes, sometimes the T is missed, but said on its own, I always pronounce the T.
For example:
"How of'en d'you do this?"
"Often."

Kind of like water. It's pronounced worter, but in speech it often comes out as wo'er. Never waader though...  

[Katleene-chan]

It depends on what I am saying. I tend to use difference prouncations randomly.  

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Ikonik Angel

Kind of like water. It's pronounced worter, but in speech it often comes out as wo'er. Never waader though...

Really? Where I'm from, we pronounce it 'wah-ter.'  

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Ikonik Angel

What? You can skip the T in often? That's news to me...
That only happens when I'm speaking fast.
So when it's said in normal speech, yes, sometimes the T is missed, but said on its own, I always pronounce the T.
For example:
"How of'en d'you do this?"
"Often."

Kind of like water. It's pronounced worter, but in speech it often comes out as wo'er. Never waader though...

Well, that was when I was in year 3.

The teacher said that it's pronounced "of-fen" as opposed to "of-ten", and that people in my grandparents' generation would say "of-ten" with the T.

Sola Catella

Ikonik Angel

Kind of like water. It's pronounced worter, but in speech it often comes out as wo'er. Never waader though...

Really? Where I'm from, we pronounce it 'wah-ter.'

Reminds me of a post from another forum:

Zanzibar Clarkie

I am proudly one of the few people in Indiana who doesn't randomly add an 'R' to "wash." I did have a home ec teacher once, though, who stressed the importance of warshing our dishes when we were done cooking.

(Somehow, I actually remember this post even though it was from Septmeber 2004.)  

[Sachiko13]

DarkRubberDuckyofDoom

Do you say 'ant-I' or 'ant-E'?

Do you pronounce it 'th-E' or 'th-A'?

People speak differently and it has nothing to do with where you are from. Tell us some words you say differently and find other's talk oddly.

I say 'th-a' most of the time. And schedule not 'shedule'. I'm a terrible grammar speaker, but typing badly is annoying.

with the word "the:" i'm not sure about speaking, but this is how we do it in choir: if the next word begins with a vowel, we pronounce it like the word "thee." if the next word begins with a consanant (not sure if i spelled that right), it is pronounced like "uh."  

[Koudoyo]

I pronounce it... ant-I...

Ant-E sounds a little strange to, but I do pronounce antidisestablishment with the Ant-E. I suppose I say it both ways....  

[Keakealani]

Depends on the word/context. For example, I say "ant-ee" in reference to "antibody", but "ant-i" in reference to "antidisestablishmentarianism". Or, something like that.

I usually say "th-a" unless the following word is preceded by a vowel that doesn't sound "ee", in which case I say "th-ee". I'm a singer, so I traditionally pronounce things the way that we are trained in classical vocals, although that is subject to some interpretation as well.

Other things? I say "rahther" with an open AH rather than the "a" sound like Americans (even though I am American), and I say "often" with the "t" sounded.  

[Soviet Reunion]

it depends on what word it's attatched to,.

What the crap!? I didn't even see the post above me. xp  

[saotomi5102]

It is Ant-I but The can be The or Tha  

[Sighren]

Yami no Hitokiri

Emerald_Jasmine

While they can be used interchangably, it's commonly accepted that a "theater" is the building itself, while "theatre" is the art that happens within that building.

Just as an interesting tidbit.

I honestly never knew that. I think the building is still spelled with the RE over in England. But I never knew that "theatre" was even used over here at all. Thanks for the info.

It is over where I live, there's a place called the Palace Theatre.  

[ljosberinn]

I get pronounciation so mixed up most of the time.
I'm never sure about anti. I prefer ant-e but sometimes I pronounce it as ant-i anyway.
I say thuh most of the time but that vowel/consonant rule might apply to me as well.
And schedule instead of shedule.

 

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Sachiko13

with the word "the:" i'm not sure about speaking, but this is how we do it in choir: if the next word begins with a vowel, we pronounce it like the word "thee." if the next word begins with a consanant (not sure if i spelled that right), it is pronounced like "uh."

Exactly -


Anti is a strange one which changes depending on the word. I've yet to find a rule or pattern in this, however.

Schedule: Let's take "School" for example. It is not pronounced "Shool," therefore neither should schedule be pronounced "Shedule"

(Who the hell says 'po-tah-to,' anyway ?)

-PFC Smith (FWIW), U.S. Army  

[ljosberinn]

FWIW

Sachiko13

(Who the hell says 'po-tah-to,' anyway ?)

I usually say 'to-mah-to' but 'po-tay-to'. I prefer 'po-tah-to' though, I am trying to get used to saying that instead 3nodding