POLL: pronunciation: route

[dpopiz]

is it
"rowt" (rhymes with shout)
or
"root" (rhymes with scoot)

 

[Saulbadguy]

root

 

[guyver01]

rowte

 

[LOLyourFace]

depends:

when referring to roads, ROOT

when using the word as an expression, ROWT ("I guess you have no choice but to take that ROWT and confront your boss")

I'm so cool...

 

[TwinkleToes77]

root... the root the root the root is on fire....

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
root... the root the root the root is on fire....

i think that's roof.

the roof is on fire

 

[TitanDiddly]

Route- I take Rt. 16 to school everyday. 'Root'

Router- I used the router to carve out a giant "ATOT" on some fine art today. 'Rowt"

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
root... the root the root the root is on fire....

i think that's roof.

the roof is on fire

i think you are right and I knew that

 

[conjur]

"I get my kicks on Route 66"


root

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
Route- I take Rt. 16 to school everyday. 'Root'

Router- I used the router to carve out a giant "ATOT" on some fine art today. 'Rowt"

 

[crab]

Usually root...but when I'm talking about a flightplan, its rowt or rowting...not sure why.

 

[mpitts]

Root.

 

[bootymac]

Route - I say root

Router - I say rowter

 

[dpopiz]

hm does anybody else support the idea that "root" is for routes on a physical road system etc and "rowt" is for a metaphorical route?

 

[Aves]

I say route like root when talking about a highway or something but I say rowt for router and routes in the routing table.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: dpopiz
hm does anybody else support the idea that "root" is for routes on a physical road system etc and "rowt" is for a metaphorical route?

Yep.

Take this route (rowt) to get to your destination. Start on Route (root) 19, then head down..... etc..

 

[Zenmervolt]

Famous mis-pronounciation ("I get my kicks on Route 66") aside, I pronounce it "rowt". I mean, come on, where else in the bloody language is "ou" pronounced "oo"? "ou" is always "ow".

ZV

EDIT: You people who say "root", do you also putter around aboot your hoose before you go oot for dinner?

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
depends:

when referring to roads, ROOT

when using the word as an expression, ROWT ("I guess you have no choice but to take that ROWT and confront your boss")

I'm so cool...

Seconded.

Not the cool part... the pronunciation part. But hey, you can be cool if you say so.

 

[Xionide]

Its both. You use different ones in different situations.

-Xionide

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi

Originally posted by: LOLyourFace
depends:

when referring to roads, ROOT

when using the word as an expression, ROWT ("I guess you have no choice but to take that ROWT and confront your boss")

I'm so cool...

Seconded.

Not the cool part... the pronunciation part. But hey, you can be cool if you say so.

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You guys have been flexing your networking muscles too long. It's ROOT. It never was "ROWT" until some dumb-ass hick decided a slight miscorelation between spelling and pronunciation was too much for him to handle.

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Famous mis-pronounciation ("I get my kicks on Route 66") aside, I pronounce it "rowt". I mean, come on, where else in the bloody language is "ou" pronounced "oo"? "ou" is always "ow".

ZV

EDIT: You people who say "root", do you also putter around aboot your hoose before you go oot for dinner?

About -> Aboot. Damn Canadians!