Language change through "ignorance"

[Enid Pearsons]

My, my.  Could this be coming from the tendency to drop the /t/ in words
like effects /I'fEks/?  Had this person heard _intact_ as _in tack_?

Curious pronunciation editors want to know.

Enid

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> One of my colleagues wrote me this in an e-mail. It illustrates
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> > Hope everything is in tack.=A0 I will come in Friday or Monday. ...
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