# Are silent Ts becoming more prevalent?

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**Created:** [April 1, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-silent-ts-becoming-more-prevalent/981988 "2023-04-01T15:26:40Z")\
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As a native west coast Canadian, I associate it with easterners and more specifically east coasters. My most regular exposure to the phenomenon is a tic I notice with Steve from the YouTube channel Acorn to Arabella, based in Massachusetts. I find his pronunciation of “ba’en” (batten) or “impor’ant” mildly grating. He does pronounce battery with a standard middle “T” though. I’ve had a decade of living in Toronto “Trawna” about fifteen years back, so I’m little more relaxed about regional variances.

The Channel: [One Minute About Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1tcQpvBMc)

Electrical Systems Vid - note “important” at 1:34 & “Battery” at 2:13: [Boat Electrical Systems, First Steps - Episode 194 - Acorn to Arabella: Journey of a Wooden Boat - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDzY2KKEPYE&t=93s) (vid queued to 1:33).

-DF

I would’ve embedded the vids, but apparently some of us can’t right now … [Have links to YouTube been disabled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/1)

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