I say the t in height, but not the t in often. I have the same "hick" vs "affected" problem as tommyrot with that word. And also with "aunt"
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I don't get how someone could not say the 't' in height.
I don't say the t in often, and pronouncing height with a th sound at the end is one of my pet peeves.
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And also with "aunt"
In 9th grade English, my teacher asked to to raise our hands if we pronounced "aunt" as "ant" or "awnt." I was the only one in the class who pronounced it "awnt." So at some point I decided to conform and pronounce it "ant." I pronounced it that way for years. Now I've sorta' switched back to "awnt."
Ant and off-en here. I also say "mirror" as meer, from being brought up in Milwaukee.
I don't say the t in often, and pronouncing height with a th sound at the end is one of my pet peeves.
Hmm... I didn't even think about the third pronunciation.
You've got:
HeighT (where you say the "t")
Heigh
t
(where you sort of swallow the "t"/make it nearly a "d")
Heighth
I deffinately do the second -- pure Jersey T. Acting school really didn't train that one out of me. (So much so that it didn't even occur to me that I wasn't pronouncing the "t".)
All you people who don't pronounce the 't' in height must be height.
Sorry....
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