Re: Standard RP pronunciation of "often"?

On May 31, 10:09 pm, Nick Spalding <spald...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Don Phillipson wrote, in <f3mgs9$3j...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
on Thu, 31 May 2007 08:57:32 -0400:

"zhengquan" <zhang.zhengq...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is "often" pronounced with the t sound standard in RP? Can I infer
something about the speaker's backgroud according to that?

British official and upper class RP does not sound the T.
This accent is now largely superseded by proletarian RP
which sounds the T distinctly: so do most Americans.

I think I have heard Prince Charles say it almost like 'orphan'.
--
Nick Spalding

It seems to be disputable, I have to listen to more samples to judge
that.

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