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   > 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?   
      
   I am not sure if it is a loss of the ending "t" so much as it may be a   
   confusion as to what the word is.  I grew up thinking it was "Patton   
   Leather" I heard it so much.  I did not learn it was "patent" (pah-tent or   
   pay-tent) until later.   
      
   Mike   
      
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