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I noticed that, in some American dialect (maybe in the South of America), people may use "flap T" after "n". For example, "/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/" source

Other example, "ninety" /ˈnaɪn.t̬i/Source

So, my question is, in some parts of America, do people there COMMONLY use flap T after n?

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  • I am not sure about the pronunciation but one thing you'll find in almost every language, especially English is that there is always an exception to a rule. So, as @michael_timofeev says, you might want to change 'always' to something else. – Durga Swaroop Nov 03 '15 at 05:13
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    This appears to be a duplicate of http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/110741/nt-pronounced-as-n-in-american-english-as-in-internet-what-is-it-called – Nonnal Nov 03 '15 at 05:27
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    A quick link from the other SE article to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_accents_of_English#North_America) offers clues as to locale. Basically it's a North American English thing, but can also be found elsewhere. – Nonnal Nov 03 '15 at 05:34
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    @Nonnal Very relevant and possibly a duplicate: Does the /d/ in the 'nd' combo tend to be unreleased? – Mitch May 11 '18 at 15:19
  • Good contribution to the discussion, @Mitch, even if we did have to wait 2.5 years for it. :-D – Nonnal May 14 '18 at 06:59

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Phonetic literature that I have seen typically describes this as a nasal/nasalized tap/flap rather than a nasal consonant followed by a tap/flap.

The frequency of this pronunciation varies by dialect, but I am not aware of any dialect where [nt] with non-flapped t has been completely eliminated. In most dialects, [nt] is a possible realization of /nt/ even before an unstressed syllable.

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  • It's practically impossible to pronounce a flap immediately after a nasal stop, so I agree with this. –  Nov 28 '18 at 03:08
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Yes. That 'iz' correct. Consonants may 'be-kome' accentuated and derivative in their common verbal and parochial usage. Like, 'Where'av you been?' or, adding a hard z - "What iz zat?". The contraction and consonant alteration can almost become another language, but they are not written that way, except to cite accents.

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  • The only part of this that appears to have anything to do with the question (the first four words) are incorrect. The rest seems like a fairly unrelated rant. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Feb 01 '19 at 01:14