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[quote name='dUSt' post='1827348' date='Apr 6 2009, 11:40 PM']Is route pronounced rout or root.[/quote]
I usually say "rowt" (phonetically, naturally), but I'd be willing to bet that both are acceptable.

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[quote name='dUSt' post='1827348' date='Apr 7 2009, 12:40 AM']Is route pronounced rout or root.[/quote]

Rout.

Is "root" pronounced rute or rut.

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Nihil Obstat

[b]route   /rut, raʊt/ [/b] Show Spelled Pronunciation [root, rout] Show IPA noun, verb, rout⋅ed, rout⋅ing.
–noun 1. a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
2. a customary or regular line of passage or travel: a ship on the North Atlantic route.
3. a specific itinerary, round, or number of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of his or her work or duty: a newspaper route; a mail carrier's route.



Apparently both are acceptable.

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