and do we pronounce anti and anty not antie
2007-09-16 23:55:26 · 6 answers · asked by what goes around comes around 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Most people say off-en instead of off-ten. As far as I know, only Americans pronounce anti- as ant-aye in most cases.
This question reminds of the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan when too characters get confused with the pronunciation of often and orphan. They pronounce both words as "awe-fan":-
"Have you ever known what it is to be an orphan?"
"Often."
"Yes, orphan. I said have you ever known what it is to be one?"
"Yes, I say, often!" ;)
2007-09-17 00:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Offen/often is an alternative, while antie is American.
2007-09-17 00:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by aussiepom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite offen
2007-09-17 00:06:51 · answer #3 · answered by Rajesh Kochhar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only when you are off ten days in a row, or something like that, which isn't often.
2007-09-17 00:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not very often.
2007-09-16 23:59:22 · answer #5 · answered by Karyn G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really, but sometimes when you want to stress the word, just like- "paleeez"!!!
2007-09-17 01:24:11 · answer #6 · answered by AJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋