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# Pfft
but excuse my pendantry... i think it's 'en route'
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 12:56, archived)
# Not
in the land of freedom fries
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 12:56, archived)
# ^this
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 12:57, archived)
# They also
pronounce it rout instead of route.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:00, archived)
# except for route 66
which is root
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:05, archived)
# But probably only
'cos the Stones sang about it and copying them is easier than thinking.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:08, archived)
# it's definitely "root"
I hit people that say otherwise
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:06, archived)
# Yes
Route is pronounced 'root'

Rout, which means something completely different, is pronounced 'rowt' like what the septics pronounce route.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:11, archived)
# So
What about an ADSL router?
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:18, archived)
# "en" is too close to freedom
er, French, for our liking
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:01, archived)
# Did it occur to you
to give the Statue of Liberty back in protest...?
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:12, archived)
# ^ this.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 13:27, archived)