> 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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