topic Re: PRONNCIATION in Community Chat

PRONNCIATION

Suhse — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:33:03 GMT

Route:

Tim started a paper route. Pronunciation: root

Tim and his Dad have to route cables behind the computers station.

Pronunciation: rout

Agree?

Fun, no credit class for work, today. All about the sometimes craziness of the English language.

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chickenbutt — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:35:03 GMT

Hi! I would disagree. I would pronounce both words 'rout'.

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MyGirlsMom — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:37:27 GMT

I pronounce the two words the same as you do @Suhse.

(please edit your title)

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SilleeMee — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:39:54 GMT

I always say R-OUT. When I hear R-OOT, I think of something that grows in the ground.

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Bri21 — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:43:46 GMT

I say paper route with the "ow" sound.

To me, they pronounciations are preference.

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JaneMarple — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:40:23 GMT

@Suhse wrote:
Route:

Tim started a paper route. Pronunciation: root

Tim and his Dad have to route cables behind the computers station.
Pronunciation: rout

Agree?

Fun, no credit class for work, today. All about the sometimes craziness of the English language.

I agree with you.

My family and people in New England pronounce "Aunt" as on. While a great deal of the US pronounce it as "ant".

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chickenbutt — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:42:03 GMT

Bri21 wrote:
I saw paper route with the "ow" sound.

To me, they pronounciations are preference.

ITA about preference. Some things are just regionally pronounced differently. I always saw both iterations of that word pronounced the same, but I cannot say that everybody should.

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Marp — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:45:10 GMT

@JaneMarple wrote:
@Suhse wrote:
Route:

Tim started a paper route. Pronunciation: root

Tim and his Dad have to route cables behind the computers station.
Pronunciation: rout

Agree?

Fun, no credit class for work, today. All about the sometimes craziness of the English language.
I agree with you.

My family and people in New England pronounce "Aunt" as on. While a great deal of the US pronounce it as "ant".

I was raised in New York State and Connecticut and my parent's female siblings were "ants".

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Oznell — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:45:27 GMT

I enjoy stuff like this. One of the things I love is that hubby pronounces it "rout" to rhyme with "shout" in both instances.

He also frequently says "roof" in which the "oo" sound is like book, not tooth.

I am thinking it is a Midwestern thing-- hubs is from Illinois.

Hugh Beaumont, the actor who played "Ward Cleaver" also said "roof" that way. I think of it as a boyish, Midwestern, Tom Sawyer-charming accent.

I have a more generalized Great Lakes accent, in which we always said a "long o" (is that the proper term?) roof and route.

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Preds — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:48:54 GMT

I did a paper rowt and pull weeds to get to their roots. I have taken Rowts to get where I needed to go.

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abbeythe 8th — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:50:29 GMT

The TV show from the 1960s was R-OO-T 66 not R-OUT 66.

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cherry — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:50:46 GMT

Ont sounds classier than ant. In my area we say ant

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AKgirl2 — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:52:32 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
I enjoy stuff like this. One of the things I love is that hubby pronounces it "rout" to rhyme with "shout" in both instances.

He also frequently says "roof" in which the "oo" sound is like book, not tooth.
I am thinking it is a Midwestern thing-- hubs is from Illinois.

Hugh Beaumont, the actor who played "Ward Cleaver" also said "roof" that way. I think of it as a boyish, Midwestern, Tom Sawyer-charming accent.

I have a more generalized Great Lakes accent, in which we always said a "long o" (is that the proper term?) roof and route.

Born and raised in NY (Westchester County)...same pronunciation here, long "o"

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Mmsfoxxie — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:02:33 GMT

I was told that you pronounce it either way and is appropriate but I say r-out and if I pronounce it like root, I'm talking about a plant. I'm from the midwest.

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pupwhipped — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:05:26 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
Hi! I would disagree. I would pronounce both words 'rout'.

What chickenbutt said.

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MyGirlsMom — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:07:25 GMT

I pronounce neither and either, niigh ther and I-ther

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pupwhipped — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:12:00 GMT

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
I pronounce the two words the same as you do @Suhse.

(please edit your title)

Yes, a little spell check is definitely in order here. But you know what, I don't think it works on thread titles.

Bummer.

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AKgirl2 — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:14:38 GMT

It's R-out and Ant for me! Born and raised in New York (Westchester County).

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:17:57 GMT

When I refer to the numbered highways in NJ, I say root.

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SusieQ_2 — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:24:07 GMT

@abbeythe 8th wrote:
The TV show from the 1960s was R-OO-T 66 not R-OUT 66.

Sonic Drive thru here in So Cal sells a forty-four ounce drink called the Route44. You can order it by calling it a R-OUT 44 but when they read back your order you can bet it will be called a R-OOT 44!

You're right...the place to get your kicks was "ROOT"66