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[je-me-forcis.livejournal.com]

i'm new at russian so forgive my lack of knowledge, but why is ничего pronounced as if it were spelled ничево?

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[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

It's not silent. "t" in the middle of English word is an alveolar flap, not a stop. (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_tap)

You hear this same sound in "butter" - the middle sound is not a "t" or a "d." It just sounds different in "internet" because the "n" is right before it, and the nasalization muffles the sound a bit.

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I knew there was a name for it.