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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

There's a trend in spoken English language by younger adult people. Words like "mountain" are now pronounced "mow-un"; i.e. the t is silent.

It's called glottalization.

I wish they'd quit it and go back to pronouncing words they way they're spelled.

I think this is common in England, and I think it's also done in (for lack of a better term) ebonics.

If it's a 4 year old, it wouldn't bother me. But if it was someone over the age of 10 or 12...