Re: USAGE: Language revival

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> nicole perrin wrote:
> > That's a hypercorrection?  What is it "supposed" to be?  (I've always
> > said /OftIn/, or something like that)
>
> I say it /AfIn/ or /AftIn/, both forms, but usually the t-less form.
>
> Incidentally, I read that "forehead" was once pronounced something like
> /forId/, with the h being re-introduced.
>
My father (who speaks a strange variety of americanized british
(plymouth) english) always says /forId/ or /forEd/, and I always thought
that that was the original way, and that Americans re-introduced the h.
But I still always say the h, unless I'm speaking very quickly.

Nicole