Do you pronounce the 't' in 'often'?
Nope.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Nov 12, 2007 5:27:14 am PST #1884 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Jars - Nov 12, 2007 5:29:54 am PST #1885 of 10001
Do you pronounce the 't' in 'often'?
I can't imagine not pronouncing it.
Dana - Nov 12, 2007 5:29:56 am PST #1886 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
John Scalzi visits the Creation Museum:
The interplay of this Holy Trinity of explanations comes to its full realization when the Creation Museum considers what really are its main draw: Dinosaurs. Are dinosaurs 65 millions years old? As if — the Earth is just six thousand years old, pal! Dinosaurs were in the garden of Eden — and vegetarians, at least until the fall, so thanks there, Adam. They were still around as late as the mid-third millenium BC; they were hanging with the Sumerians and the Egyptians (or, well, could have). All those fossils? Laid down by the Noah’s Flood, my friends. Which is not to say there weren’t dinosaurs on the Ark. No, the Bible says all kinds of land animals were on the boat, and dinosaurs are a subset of “all kinds.” They were there, scaring the crap out of the mammals, probably.
Theodosia - Nov 12, 2007 5:34:15 am PST #1887 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I pronounce 'often' to rhyme with 'iffen', y'all.
Allyson - Nov 12, 2007 5:38:26 am PST #1888 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Don't pronounce the t.
Kat, I don't have the day off. I'm also out of scrapbooking tape. Grr.
Jesse, insent.
lisah - Nov 12, 2007 5:39:03 am PST #1889 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Happy Birthday, Jessica!
I want cupcake!
Instead I will have another cup of coffee.
I just promised a friend I'd do a 5-mile run with him in December. And it's a pretty hard one. But they have the best shirts. I guess I better start training. I haven't run since...March, maybe? yikes.
Sparky1 - Nov 12, 2007 5:40:05 am PST #1890 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Random question: Do you pronounce the 't' in 'often'?
I do, most of the time.
Happy birthday, Jessica!
Pix - Nov 12, 2007 5:44:40 am PST #1891 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I don't usually say the "t" in often.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!
sumi - Nov 12, 2007 5:50:16 am PST #1892 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Happy Birthday Jessica!!
Trudy Booth - Nov 12, 2007 5:55:12 am PST #1893 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
When you say "height" to you pronounce the "t"?