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Originally Posted by Casiopea

Ah, but insane doesn't fit the mo(u)ld.

<c> is pronounced [ts]; <s> is pronounced [tsh]
(origin, Old & Middle French)
finance, finan[ts]e
chance, chan[ts]e
sense, sen[ts] *Old French sens
pension, pen[tsh]ion
tension, ten[tsh]ion

in+sane < Latin in- prefix "not"
in+ception < Latin in- prefix "in, on"
in+stant < Old French in- prefix "in"

So, generally speaking, if "in" is used as prefix in examples such as "insane, inception or instant", it would be an exception to this "rule" i.e. NOT having "t" sound between "n" and "s" sounds.

Interesting thing to know, for sure.

Any idea of other words that are an exceptions to this rule, other than these 3 ???