Actually I hear "rooot" and "rout" pretty much interchangeably, depending on where you are in the US. I may be wrong, but I think it was usually "rooot" in the Midwest, "rout" east of the Appalachians. I may be remembering wrong, though.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* A University without students is like an ointment without a fly. -Ed Nather, professor of astronomy at UT-Austin */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2021 20:54 Coming from England, we always pronounce "route" with a long sound, like "root". I understand that in the USA it is usually pronounced the same as "rout". No problem. But in the song "Route 66" it is pronounced the same way we do in England. Why is that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
