Another brian teaser

[Lance B]

What common 9 letter English word can have a letter taken from it at each stage to spell a new word, with no mixing required, all the way down to one letter. So, you remove a letter from the 9 letter word to reveal a new 8 letter word, without the need to mix the letters, and so on to 7, then 6, then 5 etc all the way down to one letter.

[Nanny]

STARTLING

Startling - l =starting
starting - t = staring
staring - a = string
string - r = sting
sting - t = sing
sing - g = sin
sin - s = in
in - n = I

[Lance B]

STARTLING

Startling - l =starting
starting - t = staring
staring - a = string
string - r = sting
sting - t = sing
sing - g = sin
sin - s = in
in - n = I

That's the answer! Well done, Nanny!

[Duane Pipe]

Hmff That went off quick, I never new that Lance, good one Nanny