across

Correct English pronunciation is notorious for its frequent omission of both vowels and consonants, as in ought and would. But the language is rarely so wild as to create consonants where none exists. One example of this ugly trend pronounces the word across as though it ended in the letter t, a malpractice to be killed by any means necessary.

• • ...consistency over time, consistency across ["acrosst"] applications, and consistency across platforms. 🔗
  • ...consistency over time, consistency across ["across"] applications, and consistency across platforms.
  Note that the speaker pronounced the second across correctly, presumably because he was too lazy to make the awkward tp sound that would have been required for consistency.