Many sources believe that pronouncing the T (off-ten) is an overcorrection (or an affectation), and that the correct pronunciation is with a silent T to rhyme with "soften."
Both pronunciations are considered acceptable. In the US, however, the silent T pronunciation (of-fen) is preferred by a majority of English speakers.
That last guy is an idiot, it's pronunciation is [aw-fuhn] or if you want to get into the misconceived pronunciation [aw-ftuhn]
It is "offen" The t has been silent for hundreds of years. Pronouncing it off-ten is a literate genteelism, that is a mistake made while trying to avoid making a mistake.
This guy is correct. The "t" is silent. I do not know why people answer these questions when they are completely wrong.
The corrrect prounciation for the word "often" is: Off, as in turn the lights off; ten, the number or sometimes pronounced "den" for the word "often".
no it does not (off-tin)
Yes. Oft is to Often as Soft is to Soften
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The word often is an antonym (opposite) of seldom, and has a silent 't'.
The t is silent in whistling.
The silent word in depot is "O"
The t in often is not pronounced and does not belong there. It was added to the word in the Middle English period, on the analogy of oft. +++ I beg to differ. Although it is not stressed, I hear it pronounced far more than ignored completely! It may be a matter of dialect. OFT = OFTEN anyway. The EN is the addition.
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The word often is an antonym (opposite) of seldom, and has a silent 't'.
The letter "t" is often silent when it comes after the letter "s". One example of ths is the word "listen," which is pronounced "liss-en." Another example of a word with a silent "t" after an "s" is "apostle."
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Yes, in the word 'glisten' the 't' is silent.
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The 't' is silent.
The t is silent in whistling.
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The silent word in depot is "O"
The t in often is not pronounced and does not belong there. It was added to the word in the Middle English period, on the analogy of oft. +++ I beg to differ. Although it is not stressed, I hear it pronounced far more than ignored completely! It may be a matter of dialect. OFT = OFTEN anyway. The EN is the addition.