The “t” in “often” became silent during the 16th and 17th centuries to simplify the word’s articulation. It was only in the 1800s that people started pronouncing it again. #FACT
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The “t” in “often” became silent during the 16th and 17th centuries to simplify the word’s articulation. It was only in the 1800s that people started pronouncing it again. #FACT