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> 普段から俺は、病気なんてもんに縁がなかった。

I know some of the meanings of なんて and here I think it's just a word to
emphasize 病気 in the sentence, but I don't understand that **もんに**. I think it
has something to do with もの, maybe the regular 物. Also, I'm not sure but it
seems that the reading of 縁 is "えん", which apparently means either _fate_ or
_relationship/link_ , because there's also a "ふち" reading which means _edge_
but it wouldn't make sense here. My guess:

> I usually didn't have any connection with the illness.

Also, if I was right with my guess, can I say that "もんに縁がなかった" has a literal
meaning of "There wasn't a connection with that **thing** (もの→病気)"? In this
case, is もんに repeating the noun 病気, similar to **そんなものに**?
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What does "なんてもんに" mean in this sentece?
"nantemon" if form "nado to iu mono". "mon" is "mono" changed by euphony that
means a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

in this case "mono" is a category of disease or illness.
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The following is the relevant definition of
[なんて](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6/#jn-165854),
which derives from などと.

> ３ ある事物を例示して、次の語と同格であることを示す。…などという。「田中―人、知らない」「人間―ものはちっぽけなもんです」

もん is a slangy form of もの, so technically なんて indicates that 病気 is in
apposition to もの. なんてもん is a less polite version of などというもの, and 病気なんて **いう**
もの is also possible.

Practically Xなんてもん means "such a thing/things as/called X (in general)". The
sentence means "I've never had any connection with such a thing as illness",
meaning the speaker has never had health problems whatsoever.

The particular usage of なんてもん can be replaced by なんか for degrading the
preceding noun.

  * 会社なんてもんは信用できない One can never trust any company.
  * iPhoneなんてもんはぜいたく品だ (Such a thing as) iPhone is a luxury.
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