This is an All-Eirs English podcast episode 2146.

How often should you worry about English pronunciation?

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Do you often say often? Today find out why some native speakers have a pet peeve when it comes to this difference

plus learn which one is correct in English.

Hey there, Aubrey, how's it going? What's shaking?

I'm great, Lindsay. How are you today?

I'm feeling good, but I have a key question and I bet you're gonna throw it right back to me after too. Yes, so I'm ready so how do you personally you how do you pronounce the word often? Yes, I say often with a silent tea. I have noticed you say often I do. Yes

This is interesting and we got a question about this and I really am curious to hear you guys listeners which do you

pronounce which do you hear more often we're going to go into this because it's a

little bit controversial in the state yeah it's true this is fascinating we're going to get into a little bit controversial in the state. Yeah, it's true.

This is fascinating.

We're going to get into a little history here,

a little etymology, current opinion,

but for me when I think about the word often,

it just feels too soft to say often. I feel like I need a hard consonant. I need well there is a consonant there the F but I need I need like something to spring off of for my in my pronunciation I need like something to spring off of for my pronunciation. I need something harder like the T.

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