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|    Dallas Hinton to Mike Powell    |
|    Patent shoes    |
|    19 Nov 19 21:51:14    |
      MSGID: 1:153/7715.0 dd4d46e0       REPLY: 806.englisht@1:2320/105 2239c98e       CHRS: IBMPC 2       Hi Mike -- on Nov 19 2019 at 19:01, you wrote:              MP> Here in Kentucky, in relation to the leather shoes, I have heard it       MP> pronounced "patton," like the WWII General. :) It otherwise seems to be       MP> pronounced one of the two ways you have pointed out.              Interesting -- are there other words which in Kentucky lose their ending       "t" sound?                     Cheers... Dallas              --- timEd/NT 1.30+        * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 120 123 15/2 16/0 18/0 90/1 116/116 120/544 123/0 25       SEEN-BY: 123/50 130 131 150 755 135/300 138/146 153/250 757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 203/0 221/0 1 6 360 227/114 229/354 426 1014 240/1120 2100       SEEN-BY: 240/5138 5832 5853 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 300/4 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 322/0 757 342/200 423/81 460/58 640/1138 1321       SEEN-BY: 640/1384 712/848 2454/119 3634/0 12 15 24 27 50       PATH: 153/7715 3634/12 640/1384 221/1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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