BurtWorm
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:32 PM
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Poll question: How do you pronounce 'route?' |
Bucky
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:34 PM
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Just like in the original Portuguese.
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:35 PM
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2. Do you rrrrroll the rrrrs like the Portuguese or make them guttural like the Brazilians? |
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Mon Feb-02-09 05:52 PM
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3. I think I say it both ways, just as I spell gray/grey both ways. I like to mix it up. |
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Hey, what can I say. I lead a wild life. :P
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:05 PM
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4. 'rout' except when I'm singing the root 66 song. |
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:14 PM
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funny that's just what I was thinkin'.
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:17 PM
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If its used to describe a defeat of some type, for example, "The enemy army has been routed,", then I pronounce it rout.
If it's used to describe a road or highway, such as route 66, then I pronounce it as root.
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:18 PM
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:cry: I tried both ways and they both sound right. Now I don't know how I say it!
:cry:
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Mon Feb-02-09 06:29 PM
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Aside: My mom pronounces "route" as "root" but pronounces "root" (as in tree) as "rut-rhymes-with-put".
I mean... :wtf:
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:01 PM
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the term "route" is never used in the West, not to refer to a major numbered thoroughfare, at any rate.
But, when I'm back East, it's "root".
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:05 PM
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ya know, the RIGHT way? ?:P
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:13 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:23 PM
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13. Yeah, like I am gonna take pronunciation advice from |
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:25 PM
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Sarah Fargo. I have no accent.. :)
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:29 PM
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:29 PM
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Hey wait didnt you say we were...Oh never mind.
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:13 PM
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(ie: root) Because neither Nat King Cole, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Asleep at the Wheel, nor even Bing Crosby ever sang "Get your kicks on Rout 66".
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:43 PM
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17. Root when talking about a road, Rout when talking about how to go somewhere. |
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For example, Root 1, vs, What Rout are you taking to get to Florida?
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Mon Feb-02-09 09:48 PM
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I would say "Which 'rowt' are you taking?" "'Root' 66."
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Mon Feb-02-09 10:05 PM
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19. You need a line for "root" or "rowt" - depending on context |
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