Subj : Patent shoes To : Dallas Hinton From : Alexander Koryagin Date : Thu Nov 21 2019 09:14:50 Hi, Dallas Hinton->Mike Powell! I read your message from 19.11.2019 22:51 MP>> Here in Kentucky, in relation to the leather shoes, I have heard MP>> it pronounced "patton," like the WWII General. :) It otherwise MP>> seems to be pronounced one of the two ways you have pointed out. DH> Interesting -- are there other words which in Kentucky lose their DH> ending "t" sound? Cabernet? ;) Bye, Dallas! Alexander Koryagin english_tutor 2019 --- * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/360.0) .