How about the local news anchors saying, "Take a listen..."
And still you haven't changed your ways.
“To be honest” anyone who starts a sentence this way is someone I ignore.
Pretty much all politicians. 
Oh, wait... that says idioms of speech...
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Oh, wait... that says idioms of speech...
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Saying "B is ten times smaller than A" instead of "B is one tenth the size of A"
Often pronounced with a 'T'. Soften doesn't have the T sound. Neither does often.
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Recent change due to idiots saying it wrong. Go look at several older dictionaries.
"Often" shows the same way (with or without the "t" sound) in my 1994 American Heritage dictionary.
How much "older" are you referring to?
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Dont have an exact date for you."Often" shows the same way (with or without the "t" sound) in my 1994 American Heritage dictionary.
How much "older" are you referring to?
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What to Know
Often has a medial /t/ that, like similar words such has "hasten" and "soften," was once pronounced and is now typically silent. Unlike the similar words, pronouncing the "t" in "often" has returned in some modern usage. This pronunciation is still scrutinized heavily and there is a divide between whether this is an educated or uneducated way of speaking.
