"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 08/19/2020 at 21:47 • Filed to: None

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Do you pronounce it route or route?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:50

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root

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:51

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Yes

sony1492 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:51

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RUoot

Like root but with a little more depth.

SmugAardvark > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:53

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Depends. If I’m saying Route 66, I say it like “rOOt”

If I’m saying En Route, I say it like “rOWt”

I don’t know which is more correct, I just know I’m too old to change it now.

Discerning > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:54

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Row Uh Tee

ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:54

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Um , the second one. 

E90M3 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 21:57

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However the combination of a New York born mother and a Georgia born father taught me. So how do they pronounce it in NY? 

facw > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:07

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R out

MM54 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:09

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60/40 route/route. I think usually when referring to a path I’ll call it the route but the name of a road is usually route; I sometimes will call a route “route” and a route “route” though . Then there’s things like “reroute” which readily go either way.

ttyymmnn > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:09

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A numbered road is a root, but a way to get somewhere is a rout.

I have spoken.

ranwhenparked > SmugAardvark 08/19/2020 at 22:10

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Its one of those freaky words - like roads.

Maxima Speed > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:13

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Route

phenotyp > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:15

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Row-uh-tee

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ttyymmnn 08/19/2020 at 22:19

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You could be like my mom’s Minnesotan husband and call both r t, as in “foot” but with an r

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:19

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I plan a root and then I am e n route.

RPM esq. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:25

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A state highway is a root, but  a way to get somewhere is a rout.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:27

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ROOT if it’s a noun, ROWT if it’s a verb. Throatwobbler Mangrove if it’s a pro pe r name, unless it’s the name of a hacker/assassin with access to a benign but terrifying AI , in which case however she wants.

bison78 > ttyymmnn 08/19/2020 at 22:32

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A way to get somewhere is a root, but those computer devices that manage packets (or part of the physical design of an IC) are raou ters. As for the tools for cleaning drains, it could be either.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:37

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Yes

for Michigan > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:37

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I think this is tricky because I don’t say ‘ aboot’ , ‘floot’ , or ‘snoot’ . So I’m inclined to say ‘rowt’.

But rout is also a word and I feel like distinguishing route from rout and having that extra ‘e’ on the end could be sufficient reason to say ‘root’.

Except that root is a word too ...

Freaking English, man.

onlytwowheels > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:39

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A former employer said roof like rf. Drove me nuts.

for Michigan > for Michigan 08/19/2020 at 22:40

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But then you have routing, router, en route, etc. And I’m inclined to give all of those the ‘rowt’ treatment, which pushes me back toward my initial position.

OPPOsaurus WRX > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:45

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always root.

I’m drivin my cah on root 3 kehd

i’m taking the long root home

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 22:48

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It rhymes with about.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 08/19/2020 at 22:52

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No, it rhymes with bit or fit. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 08/19/2020 at 22:53

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But numbered roads *are* a way to get somewhere?

WilliamsSW > For Sweden 08/19/2020 at 22:53

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How do you say “confused” in Canadian?

onlytwowheels > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 08/19/2020 at 23:03

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No one is going to rowt for their favorite team or driver..........

Urambo Tauro > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 23:04

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Oh  that’s an easy one. The e is silent.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > WilliamsSW 08/19/2020 at 23:10

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Eh?

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 23:23

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Rhymes with root

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 08/19/2020 at 23:33

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Well, yeah, but...

VincentMalamute-Kim > ranwhenparked 08/19/2020 at 23:43

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Roads? You mean you can pronounce them “ roods”?

fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 23:44

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I am in the root/rowt camp.

Maybe 3 people here will remember

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/19/2020 at 23:51

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The word implies a journey along a known path...in my personal experience, it is inevitably   pronounced ‘lost’.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > onlytwowheels 08/19/2020 at 23:57

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True, but they don’t route for them either, however you pronounce it . Riot, maybe. Especially if they’re Italian.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > For Sweden 08/20/2020 at 00:02

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Dead_Elvis, Inc. > bison78 08/20/2020 at 00:06

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As for the tools for cleaning drains, it could be either.

That’s a strange way to pronounce “snake”.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > RPM esq. 08/20/2020 at 00:09

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No, a rout’s a way to get * away* from somewhere, rapidly .

WilliamsSW > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 08/20/2020 at 00:22

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Svend > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/20/2020 at 00:41

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Route is pronounced the same as root, whether it’s

“I’ll be taking that route” ,

“Get your kicks on route 66" or

“En route” .

Always pronounced the same as root.

In British, English.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Svend 08/20/2020 at 00:43

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Root is pronounced the same as route , wea ther its

“Aisle be taking that root ” ,

“Get you’re kicks on root 66" or

“En root ” .

Always pronounced the same as route .

In British, English.

Svend > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/20/2020 at 00:47

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Svend 08/20/2020 at 02:32

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Svend > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 08/20/2020 at 03:48

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Lol. Between the U.S. and U.K. it’s sometimes hard to think we speak a similar language.

If the U.S. some words are the same, some are spelled the same but pronounced differently (ie basil, oregano, route, leisure, etc...) while others are pronounced the same but spelled differently (ie flavour/flavor, labour/labor, etc...), then there’s different words for the same thing (ie saloon/sedan, estate/wagon, etc...).

There is a YouTuber called, Korean Billy, I think is his screen name and he often looks at the food, living, education, etc... as well as pronunciation and spelling differences between U.K., U.S., Australian, South African and Canadian English. It's quite interesting. 

Jb boin > Svend 08/20/2020 at 07:21

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It’s also pronounced the same in French :

“Je prendrai cette route”

“Donnez-vous en a cœur-joie sur la route 66 ”

“En route”

And the “root” user on UNIX systems or a network route is also pronounced the same.

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I might be wrong but some countries might be saying “route” the same way a “ rut”.

Svend > Jb boin 08/20/2020 at 08:16

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Ye’, I occasionally hear on TV people in Canada and America say rut, and also roof as ruf. I think theirs is just local dialect though.

Some eastern European people when trying to speak English often miss letters out from the middle or the end if they are talking about a multiple of something, they will leave off the plural, (ie 'I want five coffee!' Rather than, 'I would like five coffees!'). 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 08/20/2020 at 09:24

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This is the way.

SmugAardvark > ranwhenparked 08/20/2020 at 18:23

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for Michigan > Svend 08/20/2020 at 22:08

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I’ve had this argument with my Zambian friend. I don't think we'll ever see eye to eye on this one. 

for Michigan > For Sweden 08/20/2020 at 22:11

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And rout!

Taylor Martin > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/21/2020 at 15:04

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I’m just mad I read the title both ways.

But it depends. If I’m talking about directions, like which way to go, I say RAWt, whereas when I’m talking about a specific road I say ROOt.

English is weird ...