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I occasionally see 何言っとんだ？ where I would expect 何言ってんだ？ but I am not sure that とん comes from ておくの. I thought ん 縮約形 only occurred with ら行.

今さら、何言っとんだ？ (source)

何言っとんだ。ようやってると思ってたのにこれでマイナスポイントだよ。 (source)

何言っとんだ？ (source)

Eddie Kal
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    Perhaps it can be understood as 何を言っておるのだ? – Jimmy Yang Dec 12 '21 at 22:04
  • @JimmyYang That'd make sense! Since ～ておる is 謙遜語, I thought it'd only apply to one's own action. But that does seem to be the most convincing explanation so far. – Eddie Kal Dec 12 '21 at 22:11

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