How do you say repeat in British English?
What is the meaning of repeat?
To repeat is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To recapitulate is to restate in brief form, to summarize, often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate an argument.
Is the F silent in often?
Why? Often has a medial /t/ that, like similar words such has “hasten” and “soften,” was once pronounced and is now typically silent. Unlike the similar words, pronouncing the “t” in “often” has returned in some modern usage.
Why is schedule pronounced differently?
Why do British pronounce the word “schedule” differently than the way it is pronounced in the U.S.? It is because the British pronunciation has been influenced by the French. The original Greek pronunciation¹ was skéd-ē, σχέδη (skhédē), so the U.S. pronunciation is closer to the original than the British.