[net.nlang] American routs and Canadian roo

wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (01/08/86)

/* Written  1:15 pm  Jan  4, 1986 by colonel@sunybcs.UUCP in ccvaxa:net.nlang */
Eh?  There are patches on the map where "rowt" is entrenched, but the
standard in the U.S. is still "root."
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Are you implying that Illinois is a "patch"? You overestimate the
standardness of "root."

"When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all."
				Roger Zelazny, *Doorways in the Sand*

						Wombat
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