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   Hi Mike -- on Nov 20 2019 at 18:52, you wrote:   
      
   MP> I am not sure if it is a loss of the ending "t" so much as it may be a   
   MP> confusion as to what the word is.  I grew up thinking it was "Patton   
   MP> Leather" I heard it so much.  I did not learn it was "patent" (pah-tent or   
   MP> pay-tent) until later.   
      
   interesting, thanks. I've not heard much Kentucky spoken!   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/NT 1.30+   
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