Root vs Route

[Heel n Toe]

How about jewelry... when it's pronounced JEW-LUH-REE?

Or realtor... pronounced REAL-UH-TER?

[Geronimo '74]

Sauercrout?

[jorian]

irregardless - Annoys me. Borderline word. Most dictionaries list it as nonstandard or incorrect usage, and recommend that "regardless" should be used instead.

[Charles Freeborn]

And then there's incorrect word usage that got used so much it's become part of the language. The most annoying to me is the past tense of "to dive", which is dived not dove. As in "she dived into the pool".
A dove is a bird....

[Nickshu]

This is really interesting...2003 Harvard University dialect study. At about 2:20 in they survey root vs. route:

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by jorian

irregardless - Annoys me. Borderline word. Most dictionaries list it as nonstandard or incorrect usage, and recommend that "regardless" should be used instead.

There was a famous column by Dave Barry about this.

[Evans, Marv]

Ever notice on here how many people type "defiantly" instead of "definitely?"

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

Ever notice on here how many people type "defiantly" instead of "definitely?"

This one has defiantly become a pet peeve of mine over the last few years. I don't think people intentionally type the word "defiantly". Rather, their effort at spelling "definitely" is woeful enough that the spell checker changes it "defiantly" and they simply don't recognize the difference.

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[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Nickshu

This is really interesting...2003 Harvard University dialect study. At about 2:20 in they survey root vs. route:

I really don't see the point of this thread!

A waste of gd time...

That was funny

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by Charles Freeborn

And then there's incorrect word usage that got used so much it's become part of the language. The most annoying to me is the past tense of "to dive", which is dived not dove. As in "she dived into the pool".
A dove is a bird....

Dove has been common usage in parts of the US and Canada for about two centuries. I don't really recall ever hearing anyone say dived.

[petrolhead611]

I've heard Americans pronounce LIFT as elevator

[Nickshu]

Originally Posted by KC911

I really don't see the point of this thread!

A waste of gd time...

That was funny

That sums up just about thread we discuss here at PPOT.

[cashflyer]

Hopefully, everyone here has now pled their cases.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by petrolhead611

I've heard Americans pronounce LIFT as elevator

And when looking for a certain room, people in the U.K. have questioned my decision to take a bath during office hours...

[petrolhead611]

Well Wayner, that rather depends on what colour(color.kolor) the water is afterwards!!

[kang]

Originally Posted by ossiblue

The pronunciation is up to the user as both are accepted as correct.

Yes, I'm aware both are accepted as correct. I think this is a case of people using the incorrect version so much it becomes accepted.

[kang]

Originally Posted by Charles Freeborn

And then there's incorrect word usage that got used so much it's become part of the language. The most annoying to me is the past tense of "to dive", which is dived not dove. As in "she dived into the pool".
A dove is a bird....

I think pronouncing route as root fits this category.

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by kang

Yes, I'm aware both are accepted as correct. I think this is a case of people using the incorrect version so much it becomes accepted.

Indeed. Can you say "Feb-you-ary"?

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[kang]

Originally Posted by Norm K

Indeed. Can you say "Feb-you-ary"?

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Exactly

[jorian]

Originally Posted by rusnak

There was a famous column by Dave Barry about this.

Missed that one. Love Barry's stuff.