Re: American Dutch dialects

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
>
> > I've often wondered if the aberrant pronunciation of <often> with a
> > /t/ sprang from Midwestern Germans who learned English from hyper-
> > corrective schoolmarms.
>
> In this case more than likely helped by the fact that the
> corresponding German word is 'oft'.

English _oft_ is common enough in hymns.

Richard.