[net.nlang] American routs and Canadian roots

colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (01/04/86)

> Here are a few more:
> 	Canadian usage			American usage
> 	--------------			--------------
> 	route (pronounced "root")	(pronounced to rhyme with "out")
>	...

Eh?  There are patches on the map where "rowt" is entrenched, but the
standard in the U.S. is still "root."

By the way, how do Canadians pronounce "processes?" :-J

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	"It winds from Chicago to L.A.
	 2,000 miles all the way"
			--"Route 66"
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