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He fell asleep juring the adagio.
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Some North Americans often say the following:
IN-ah-net (Internet)
moun-IN (mountain)
IN-ah-res-ted (interested)
IN-ah-national (international)
I think this is called a "glottal stop". Is this characteristic of any particular region of the States?
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He fell asleep juring the adagio.
I have never heard juring for during in my life.
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He fell asleep juring the adagio.
I have never heard juring for during in my life.
That's because you live in the US... as established in previous posts, it's Brit and Zild pronunciation, at the least. Kinda like Tuesday (Chews-dy). Only different. 
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yeahbut®, I seen some tv?
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a "glottal stop"
When I've heard interesting pronounced without the t in the States, it's not replaced with a glottal stop, as in Cockney, but has assimilated to an n: /Inn@rEsn/ rather than /In?@rEsn/.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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up heres in Vermont, we get those that say mitten and kitten, etc., all weird-like. makes my mouth go all funny when I try it.
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Without actually having Googled it, I was under the impression that the "t" was originally a misspelling, and as a former prescriptivist I was appalled that apparently most folk now pronounce it
The pronunciation [off ten]is not uncommon among the educated in some sections, and is often used in singing--Merriam Collegiate 1956
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I was under the impression that the "t" was originally a misspellingFWIW, the t in often (NB, good historical note), alteration of oft (from Old English oft from PIE * up-) is etymologically sound. It just wasn't sounded often until recently. Spelling influencing pronounciation happens often in English: e.g., perfect was pronounced parfit in Middle English when it was borrowed from French, but then the etymologically-based spelling took over (another French fashion,, and now that c is pronounced.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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