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mia
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Post by mia »

Whichever pronunciation you use, you are correct.

http://www.confidentspeech.com/poll_results_often.htm
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Post by augie »

canucknyc wrote:
Wait... the "t" in "often" is supposed to be silent? Really?
Supposebly...

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Post by mia »

augie.....
You is very funny!
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mia wrote:Whichever pronunciation you use, you are correct.

http://www.confidentspeech.com/poll_results_often.htm
I have to admit that the correctness of the "english" we speak is a democratic thing and it appears that ofTen
has gained in popularity and, when most people pronounce the "t", it will become the "correct" way to say it.

Here's a site for any of you who find this topic amusing:

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

I just noticed that they screwed up the "duck tape" entry...it really did start out as "duck tape"...and I've never seen it used on a duct ever. This is the most common fate of know-it-alls like me...to be "foisted on your own petard" (or is it "hoisted on your own petard"?). This is all too confusing.
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Post by mia »

:oops:

I stand corected and i'm teribly embarased.
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hearing people say acrossT makes me nut-so!

Sally lives acrosst the street from me.

Maybe they mean acrossed - not sure. But I'm pretty sure they intend to say across.
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All of the heating ducts in my 1960 home were originally sealed with duct tape. it was removed when we added central air and updated the duct work.

I purchased a roll of Duck brand duct tape a few months ago.......
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Gidget's back! Do you have a trip planned?

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Post by Margy Z »

The "I" and "me" thing has me perplexed. I often here something like: Suzy came over and sat with Paul and I at the Beach Bar(rather than "by Paul and ME"). The nuns taught us to eliminate the other person to figure out the proper pronoun but now I hear this "I" rather than me stuff quite a bit and, frankly, woe is I. :lol:
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Post by JT »

Another one is Ram Head refered to as Ram's Head.
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Post by MrsCARolph »

CAY is supposed to be pronounced as KEY.

Anyone remember reading "Timothy of the Cay" in grade school? I remember our English teacher giving us a lesson about the proper pronunciation.

Anyway, that's my two cents.
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