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I think you mean Lent, the 40-day (minus Sundays) season when traditional and mainline Christians give up a physical pleasure, like red meat or chocolate, as a sign of repentance and devotion. Not lint, the detritus that comes out of the clothes dryer, from the word linen.

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Yes, that's what I meant. I haven't been to church in decades, so I haven't seen Lent spelled out in a long time.

Just curious, do you speak English with an accent that has the words Lent and lint pronounced the same, or nearly the same? For example, do you pronounce "pen" and "pin" identically? The sounds are close, but in some accents the words are pronounced exactly the same.

Grew up in Ohio. I pronounce pen and pin the same way unless I am purposely trying to not, then I think I try to make pin a little more nasally but still pretty much sounds the same.

Lent and lint always sound the same.

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