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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTa0ENwF2bo&feature=youtu.be&t=48s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTa0ENwF2bo&feature=youtu.be&t=48s)

It seems that the singer is singing 「セイン星矢」 despite the fact that the subtitle
says 「セイント星矢」.

Questions:

  1. Is it a phenomenon similar to [glottalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottalization) in some dialects of English?

  2. Is it productive or just a stand-alone case?
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「セイン星矢」 v.s. 「セイント星矢」 in the opening song of 「聖闘士星矢」
It seems that the singer pronounces the english word "saint" instead of the
katakana version 「セイント」. It makes sense, since 「セイント」 comes from "saint".

As for the questions:

  1. The pronunciation is more of a "style" choice rather than a linguistic issue.

  2. Wouldn't consider it either one, but like I said, just a stylistic phenomenon.
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