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|    Alexander Koryagin to Dallas Hinton    |
|    Patent shoes    |
|    21 Nov 19 09:14:50    |
      MSGID: 2:221/360.0 5dd6396a       REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 dd4d46e0       PID: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200       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)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/2 16/0 90/1 120/544 123/130 131 203/0 221/1 6       SEEN-BY: 221/360 227/114 229/354 426 1014 240/1120 2100 5138 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 322/0       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 423/81 640/1384 2454/119       PATH: 221/1 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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