The Word "Often"

According to several dictionaires, some even online, the 't' is always silent. That's how I have always said it because that was what I was taught in my first couple years of English. Kind of like Illinois. You're not supposed to say the 's', but a lot of people do.

I think it has to do with how it was the word was spoken when you were growing up. I have always pronounced it with the t not silent. It doesn't matter to me how people pronounce it as long as I can understand it.

i don't know if there is a right or wrong way to pronunce it.i think the difference in the way it is pronunced could have orginally been in the region of the country a person grew up in. example, if you were from the south one may pronunce it one way,from the new england area they may pronunce it different

There are a lot of words that are lazily mis-pronunced. That does not mean that it is accurate. One of the ways to find out how a word is properly pronounced is to look it up online. AOL, has a dictionary that will tell you how to say the words the right way. The "T" should never be silent.

Well, English is nice language, but if its ur mother lanuguage(first language) then u might know true pronounciation but if its 2nd language then u might pronounce is wrong and i dont think so thats its big matter as far as u understand what other want to say some people do pronounce "know" with :k" as well, but its OK the point is to convey ur message, hey its only valid for daily interaction if u r preparing for english course test then be accurate otherwise u might loose marks in verbal/spoken english, lol take care

i do pronounce it with the t sound.,i don't really know if it does matter

oh I am always interested in learning something new about your language..I will come here and see what they wrote to you and see if any rule exhists and I am eager to learn...thanks for letting us consider some interesting points like this!!!

I think that the correct pronunciation is with the silent 't' since its what i have been taught to use.