How prevalent is the silent "t"

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From: "James Harbeck" <jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA>
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> >Loss of the [t] after [n] is pretty common in these parts too. We
> >tend to lose or reduce that phoneme wherever we find it, except
> >initially. But it's not universal, and any given person probably
> >won't do it every time with any given word. It's still part of the
> >citation form of the words, naturally.
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> Clarification: by "that phoneme" I meant /t/. And by reduce I meant
> flap, assimilate, convert to glottal stop, et cetera.
>
> James Harbeck.
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