Route or Route?
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Route or Route?
When I say "route" on the phone at work, I often have to repeat myself, so it rhymes with "out." Normally, in my accent, it rhymes with "boot." Out of staters often don't get the word that way. Which is the more common pronounciation?
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I think "root" means something "naughty" down under. (where?)
+ or -, you decide.
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I think that is spelled "Rout.BeerMakesMeSmart wrote: When I'm talking about the Steelers blowing out the Browns it rhymes with out.
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My uncle's Canadian and I've never heard him say 'aboot'. Is this just a myth perpetuated by South Park?maltlicker11 wrote:I wonder if root/ra-out has any bearing on "About" US vs "Aboot" Canadian style.
He does say 'eh' a lot though.
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My grandma was Canadian, and she always said "aboat".GinChokedGirl wrote:My uncle's Canadian and I've never heard him say 'aboot'. Is this just a myth perpetuated by South Park?maltlicker11 wrote:I wonder if root/ra-out has any bearing on "About" US vs "Aboot" Canadian style.
He does say 'eh' a lot though.
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Yeah I'm with you there, upon further consideration. As a noun, it's always "root," but as a verb it's "rowt."hozzydrunk wrote:I actually pronounce it both ways depending what I'm talking about.
I say paper route (rhymes with "out"), but I also say Go about 20 miles down Route 101 (rhymes with "boot").
So I get my kicks on root 66, and also I rowt plasma from the warp manifold to the deflector array's induction coils if I am trying to countermand a tractor beam from the future, for example.
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