2094: ten-hut Sep 8, 2020

The word 'ten-hut' is a military drill command from the word 'attention', but such as to be easier to yell, sort of. The consonants themselves are indeed different, but given that [h] and [t] constrict airflow more than either or [n], it is if anything harder to project for volume. This is doubly so of the version used with in the air-force, 'tench-hut' which just adds another consonant. Nevertheless, not only it is one syllable shorter, it also has emotional connotation and so the exact consonants aren't necessarily so significant.

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