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Originally Posted by issybird
Often is an excellent analogy. Frequently mispronounced and still wrong.  . Another case where everyone says similarly constructed words (hasten, soften) correctly, but some inexplicably go awry when it comes to often. |
It's an acceptable alternative, per Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary. Which also lists "flassid" as the first pronunciation for
flaccid, with "flaksid" as the alternative.
So ... you want the narrators to use the secondary pronunciation for
flaccid but the primary pronunciation for
often?
Me, I don't care, as long as it's a legitimate pronunciation. Spelling, though--that's another matter. Maybe that's why I have become a convert to audiobooks--no spelling horrors to make me cringe.