I know that なんて is a contraction of なんと, but has it also picked up the いう in
its meaning? Because なんて means something, and I feel like 何という, which means
"something called" (right?) could have just been reduced to なんて because saying
"something" is such a common thing to say. Is this right?
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Does なんて = なんと (いう)?
In informal situations (っ)て can be substituted for と when it's being used as a
quoting particle. As such, [何]{なん}という can become [何]{なん}ていう (or more
frequently [何]{なん}てゆう in speech).
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なんて is a colloquial variant of など. なんか is another one.
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