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#203983 - 12/31/11 09:50 PM Re: Often [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando .. and just to add my bit to the confusion, the C19 UK received pronunciation of 'often' was "orfen". W.S.Gilbert used it to comic effect in The Pirates of Penzance This pronunciation persisted amongst upper-class speakers in the UK right in to the 1960s. For certain small values of R.
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#203990 - 01/01/12 05:38 PM Re: Often [Re: zmjezhd]
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	Oops: link. _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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#208622 - 01/01/13 01:48 PM Re: insular [Re: Faldage]
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	> Five hundred years of misspelling mm, you got that right Fong. Now, where's my Websters...? [exits SR with innocent grin/]
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