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

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