[andrewmg]

In Washington, D.C., I haven't heard anyone say it in conversation.

Perhaps the reason is that, once you hear it's pronounced "luh-tinks," you can't read or think of it any other way.

[basch]

That pronunciation is for lack of a better word, the minority.

https://twitter.com/REMEZCLA/status/958714776615620609?ref_s...

In other news, x is supposed to be pronounced either sh or h(j). Don Quishote or Mehico (originally Meshicl.) Latinish still gets my vote.

Regardless of your opinion of the word, a descriptivist will acknowledge that a subset of people ARE using the word, and that its use should be documented. And thus, needs a pronunciation. Even if at the moment it appears to be mostly tribal signaling.