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I came across this sentence:

ちょうどいい！　頼【たの】みてえ事【こと】がある！

My translation:

Just in time! I have a favor to ask!

I'm not really sure what grammar rule is being applied to the bold part. It seems like the base verb being used here is 頼む but the て-form of this verb is 頼んで, so I am confused as to how 頼む transformed into 頼みてえ

What grammar rule(s) are actually going on here?

naruto
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This is just 頼みたい with the very common sound change /ai/ -> /ee/.

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