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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: often pronounced OFF-en
Message-ID: <2737@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 00:54:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 00:54:36 1984
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In article <359@houxb.UUCP> hrs@houxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) writes:
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>Another word with dropped "t": Connecticut, excep if you are John Cleese.

I don't know anyone who drops the T.  It is the second C that is silent.
Or do you actually pronounce it Con-nek-i-kut?
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    Barry Margolin
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