>the pronunciation without the (t) sound became predominant among the educated classes in North America and Great Britain, and the one that included (t) was not looked upon kindly

In the middle ages people sat at a long table in the manor house. The peasantry sat below the salt. By extension - I am a peasant!

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Thank goodness I can say nuclear!