Root vs Route
 

Just sayin'

A tree has roots. Notice the double o's. The word 'route' does not have double o's, it has 'out.' Route rhymes with out, not with root.

It's like the difference between shoot and shout.

I don't see that as often as someone having problems stopping because their "breaks" and worn out.

...or having issues with their axels?

The worst offenders are:
there / their / they're
too / to / two

But that's why there are good citizen crime fighters who are anointed and appointed to protect the world from improper spelling and grammar:
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"rediculous"
"noone" Two words, not one. That one drives me nuts.

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

Merriam-Webster lists both ˈrüt and ˈrau̇t as acceptible pronunciations for "route".

The common UK pronunciation of "route" rhymes with "shoot".

The common US pronunciation of "route" rhymes with "shout".

Not to be confused with "rout".


Also... is this a rüter or a rau̇-tər ?

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What is the correct pronunciation of the word "route"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

That is a router/bridge combination, what we call a "brouter"

Of course, if you hack it, you can get root on it too...

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Cranky old man!

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root: Pronounced like hoof, roof, woof
route: Pronounced like root
rout: Pronounced like route

See? simple! The problem is what do hoof, roof and woof sound like?

Meh, regional differences.

I'm from the NE, we pronounce Mary, merry, and marry three distinct ways unlike the rest of the country.

Get your kicks on raut 66?

Just look in a dictionary and you will see that either pronunciation is fine. Don't confuse personal preference with correctness.

Nucular......

especially coming from world leaders...

i hate:
effect-affect. I always use effect, figure I get it rights 50% of the time
lose-loose. have to stop and think about them

I am not a great speller, sometimes I just don't care, lot of the time my fingers hit the wrong key first and I transpose 2 letters. the keyboard on the this computer is shifted to the left so that does not help either.

Nah! The worst offenders are...

"would of"; "could of"; "should of", "might of" :rolleyes:

It's HAVE not OF!!!:mad:

Monday rant over!

I'm from the south....I can't pronounce anything correctly :). There's a small island on our Outer Banks (Harkers Island) and the residents from there have a unique dialect....I can't even begin to phonetically spell how they would pronounce "out" :). Ouwt...

In much of the deep south there are almost no single syllable works.

Eat become eee-yatt. Boy is bow-aye. A real multi syllable work is a real (ree-yall) challenge.

When people say "Walla" (Viola), I just want to slap their slackjawed okie ass.