Which is the correct way to say 'route'?

[reyd reid reed]

as in 'root' or rOWt'?

Inquiring minds want to know. Well...mine, anyway.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

1. I say

root...But most people tell me Im wrong..LOL

[mcctatas]

18. Nice post Tony Moreno...

and yeah, you're wrong :P

[NightWatcher]

2. and what about "en route" is that in-rout, or ahn root

[PaddyBlueEyes]

3. in root

...

[DarkTirade]

11. En route is french, so you prounouce it as such.

[lizziegrace]

4. Hey!!

I say root, but the trip was rowted. :P

[GOPisEvil]

5. Both.

You drive on "ROOT" 66.

You plan a "ROWT" to get to your destination.

:D

[arcadian]

6. Highway

[falcon97]

7. I pronounce it "toe-may-toe". n/t

[Brother Buzz]

8. I had a paper 'rOWt' when I was a kid

and back then, when I wasn't dreaming of girls, I was dreaming about driving a Corvette on "Root' 66.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. When I was a kid, I had a paper rowt

But one of my favorite shows was Root 66.



:shrug:

[BlueCollar]

10. depends on context

"root" 66

we'll "rowt" you through JFK

:shrug:

[DarkTirade]

12. First you have to find out what everyone's pet peeve is regarding said pronunciation.

Then make sure you pronounce it in such a way as to annoy the maximum number of people within earshot. :P

[SoxFan]

13. Root

Rowt is what happens when the Celtics play someone like New Jersey or OKC.

[mitchum]

14. "Root" only if you're singing the song by Bobby Troupe

[NJmaverick]

15. I say route

[hedgehog]

16. Mother Road

[bigwillq]

17. Root

That's how I say it.

[DS1]

19. root

unless it's computer hardware, then it's rowt. I guess nerds don't want to be known as the rooter guys. Thanks, Roto-rooter.

[Marrah_G]

20. Root

[bbernardini]

21. I actually e-mailed the traffic people at XM about this once. (Philadelphia area)

One of the guys kept saying "Blue rOWt" instead of "Blue root." I've lived in this area all my life, and I've never heard it once pronounced at "rOWt."

On a side note, a friend of mine who originally lived in San Diego was telling me that when old friends of his are in the area, they can't stop adding the word "the" before any route's number, which seems to be a west coast thing. 113 became "The 113," 202 became "The 202." You get the idea.

[guitar man]

22. root

get yer kicks on root 66 :D

[Strong Atheist]

23. Fnord nt.

[Aristus]

24. Rowt. It saves those bandwidth channeling devices from being called "rooters" instead of rowters.

"Rooters" sounds like people at a football game.

[Inchworm]

25. Don't forget "rut"

:P

[Iggo]

26. Pick one way...

...then if people laugh at how you say it, say it the other way.

[applegrove]

27. root