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Pronunciation こんにち &rarr; こにち
The pronunciation section for こんにち currently states, you  this, saying that the difference would be salient. Well, I guess what you mean is it would be different phonologically ( versus ). But that isn't evidence that it doesn't happen. Perhaps degemination happens in frequently used Japanese words. — Eru·tuon 22:15, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
 * If my experience is anything to go by, it is the third mora that tends to get dropped more frequently in /ko.N.ni.ti(.wa)/, not the second. As you know, /ni.ti/ is a sequence of high vowel moras, so, the vowel in /ni/ is sometimes dropped. The result would be indistinguishable from /ko.N.N.ti/, since the palatalization remains even after the vowel is devoiced. In my book, it is only then that the gemination could be removed. So both [ko.ɲ.ɲi̊.t͡ɕi] and [ko.ɲi̊.t͡ɕi] are possible, but [ko.ɲi.t͡ɕi] (with no gemination or devoicing) would sound unnatural and possibly foreign to Japanese ears. Nardog (talk) 22:39, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, I don't know enough about this to respond, but I am satisfied that you have reasons for removing the statement in the entry. — Eru·tuon 23:30, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
 * (chiming in...)
 * By way of counterpoint, the hits for include JA pages targeting JA readers, indicating that the pronunciation without the moraic  exists enough for native speakers / writers to even spell it that way in kana.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 02:08, 25 January 2018 (UTC)