Medial -/t/- (was New Britain, Conn)

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Alice,


I think I meant "introspection" rather than "intropection," which I
hesitate to define (though I am sure wags are out there who have
already been tempted).

dInIs

>
>Say it isn't so! Intropection rules. I think the preceding /n/ (in
>"Clinton") is et up by its nasalization of the preceding vowel and
>the block on the glottal stop replacement of /t/ is removed.
>
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