Canting in Sinitic (and other) languages

This is not about what you think it may be.  Whenever I see the word "canting", as it has been appearing in recent Language Log posts, I can't help but pronounce it as pinyin (MSM) cāntīng 餐廳 ("canteen; cafeteria; dining hall; dining room; restaurant").  The two morphosyllables respectively mean "dining" and "hall". Mandarin (Standard) (Pinyin): cāntīng (Zhuyin): […]