Standard RP pronunciation of "often"?

[nq:1]Hi: Is "often" pronounced with the t sound standard in RP? Can I infer something about the speaker's background according to that? Thanks![/nq]
No. RP would pronounce it without the T.
I think you may be able to infer that the speaker is over-cautious, trying too hard to pronounce "correctly"; probably somebody who has tried to lose a regional accent or traces of what they perceive t

[nq:1]Is "often" pronounced with the t sound standard in RP? Can I infer something about the speaker's backgroud according to that?[/nq]
Good question. It's something that has changed in my lifetme. The usual pronunciation was "offen", but I started noticing the T creep in on radio and television about the mid 1990s. Similarly, "Wensday" (for Wednesday) has become "Weddensday" over the same pe

[nq:2]Hi: Is "often" pronounced with the t sound standard in RP? Can I infer something about the speaker's background according to that? Thanks![/nq]
[nq:1]No. RP would pronounce it without the T.[/nq]
I'm not sure I agree with that. I think "often" (with the t pronounced) and "offen" are equally acceptable in RP. My wife thinks that perhaps educated Scots and Irish people tend more to the

[nq:2]No. RP would pronounce it without the T.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not sure I agree with that. I think "often" (with the t pronounced) and "offen" are equally acceptable in ... Irish people tend more to the "offen" pronunciation than do educated English or Welsh people, but I've not noticed that.[/nq]
That's because the Scots still like to educate their schoolchildren, unlike in England. ;-)

[nq:2]Is "often" pronounced with the t sound standard in RP? Can I infer something about the speaker's background according to that? Thanks![/nq]
[nq:1]No. RP would pronounce it without the T. I think you may be able to infer that the speaker is ... traces of what they perceive to be a background of lower-social-standing. Alternatively they may not be a native English speaker.[/nq]
I usual

[nq:1]No. RP would pronounce it without the T. I think you may be able to infer that the speaker is ... or traces of what they perceive to be a background of lower-social-standing. Alternatively they may not be a native Englishspeaker.[/nq]
Funny. In all the listening material that comes with Longman's English course "Friends" (for kids 9-13), you can only hear ofTen. You'd think books for for

Well I am being unnecessarily harsh. Both are listed by the OED, with "offen" being listed first.
Our pronunciation in Britain has historically preferred contraction, a preference that appears to be waning, possibly due to the effects of globalization.
I still maintain that we do not correctly pronounce every letter in a word although the weight of common usage is tipping the scales toward

On May 31, 5:10 pm, Richard Polhill
[nq:2]too speaker. Funny. In all the listening material that comes ... some changes... ofTen is one of them:) Anna (from Poland)[/nq]
[nq:1]Well I am being unnecessarily harsh. Both are listed by the OED, with "offen" being listed first. Our pronunciation in ... suspect the trend will continue along with the trend to lose silent endings so that our spell

At 08:44:34 on Thu, 31 May 2007, Tony Mountifield
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[nq:1]I usually pronounce "often" with the t, and don't fit any of those supposed categories. I grew up in Gosport, Hampshire, and am almost 50.[/nq]
I also pronounce the T (well, I often do...). I grew up in an uppper-middle-class family in Edinburgh in the 1950s.
[nq:1]Other words that spring to mind wit

[nq:2]Other words that spring to mind with similar issues are ... pronounce them as "medis'n" and "clothes" (with the dh sound).[/nq]
Nowadays I tend to say "medication" rather than "medicine" (media influence, I quess).
[nq:1]I'm with you on that. I also pronounce the first N in "government", the first R in "February" and both the I and A in "parliament" (instead of "parlyment".[/nq]