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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: salt #3254 06/04/00 07:42 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Whoops, I got my Fotheringay and Steeleye Span mixed up. They are sort of connected via Fairport Connection and Sandy Denny, may she rest in peace. http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/sandy.denny/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: often #3255 06/06/00 09:58 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York > Do you, or folks you know, pronounce 'often' by sounding the 't'? There is a very interesting discussion of this in today's Random House 'Word of the Day'. Despite the survey's findings I know of no-one that pronounces 'often' with the 't' silent. I've heard it many times on television (particularly US programmes) but it just doesn't seem to be pronounced any other way than off-ten over here. It really sounds weird with the 't' silent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: often #3256 06/07/00 02:26 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia L Lucy newbie Lucy newbie L Joined: May 2000 Posts: 28 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 'strornery' the things one takes for granted. The only times that I regularly hear 'often' pronounced with a 't' is among our older folk. Usually among those of the vintage to pronounce 'vase' as 'vorse', 'trough' as 'troe'' and 'scone' as rhyming with 'bone'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: salt #3257 06/07/00 10:40 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7 NW England R RachelDugdale stranger RachelDugdale stranger R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7 NW England I was thinking, surely that wasn't Fotheringay, but I'm never *quite* sure with these things. Fairport Convention are great. :-) Rach. ====================== AOL IM: RachelEDugdale Rach. ====================== AOL IM: RachelEDugdale Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: often #3258 06/07/00 10:43 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7 NW England R RachelDugdale stranger RachelDugdale stranger R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 7 NW England I've never really noticed often pronounced without the 't' other than as a sort of slang thing - generally by people who just can't be bothered to speak properly at all. It sits with dropping 'h's and the like. Rach. ====================== AOL IM: RachelEDugdale Rach. ====================== AOL IM: RachelEDugdale Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3259 06/07/00 05:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Scone - bone is an interesting one. The pronunciation of scone does not go along the lines of class/wealth or anything else. Where I was brought up scone rhymed with bone, scone rhyming with upon was considered to be a bit pretentious. Here in Edinburgh my children tell me that scone rhymes with upon and scone rhyming with bone is a bit "posh". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3260 06/07/00 05:13 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I don't recall ever hearing the 'scon' pronunciation here is the US. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3261 06/08/00 12:58 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13 Sydney, Australia M Meta4 stranger Meta4 stranger M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 13 Sydney, Australia Here in Australia the bone pronunciation would be considered a bit posh, too. To confuse things though we have a town called Scone - pronounced as in bone. How about that. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: scone #3262 06/08/00 10:45 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York > Scone - bone is an interesting one. The pronunciation of scone does not go along the lines of class/wealth or anything else. Where I was brought up scone rhymed with bone, scone rhyming with upon was considered to be a bit pretentious. Here in Edinburgh my children tell me that scone rhymes with upon and scone rhyming with bone is a bit "posh". That's interesting. My aunt in Scotland says the complete opposite! Scone (pronounced 'scon') is the posh way (and proper way, in her opinion) and scone (rhyming with bone) the more common. There is aswell, the Palace of Scone in Scotland which is pronounced 'scoon'. Just to confuse matters . While we're on the subject of words of this nature what about all the different ways that you can pronounce words that end in 'ough'? I believe there are nine different ways and you can form a coherent sentence using an example of each. I'll try to remember it for a later posting. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: -ough #3263 06/08/00 01:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 There was something in previous thread about -ough endings. It was called "schoolwork" in Q&A about words in May. 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