On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 11:10:06 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 06:13:33 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

We have a pretty, very young new reporter on the local NBC affiliate. She does something that drives us crazy.

Last night we watched a bit of the show "Titans", which is an athelectic challenge hosted by "The Rock", Dwayne Johnson. His announcer was doing it too.

Titan was pronounced "Ti-an".
Important as "Impor-ant".
Mountain as "Moun-an".

Where the hell is that missing T sound, and when did society start thinking it's OK or cool to mispronounce words? It's like fingernails on a chalkbooard to me.

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Mus be a souf hing.

It's a national thing. You hear it on nationally syndicated shows.

I think Greg is right, it seems to be coming from the young, black hip-hop rap scene. Then like COVID it spreads through society.