Better Pronunciation Question

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[miajag81]

Root.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

It depends. Also, if you're from Minnesota, the UP of Michigan, or Canada, it's more like a mix of root and wrote.

[DemonDeac]

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Root.

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[shakingspear]

I haven't heard that one yet.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I haven't heard that one yet.

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You haven't heard a canuck accent before? Ask someone from Canada (or the northern parts of MN/WI/MI/ND) to say "I went out and about in a boat (near my house)."

[Amid Cent]

Both are correct, but root is the more common pronunciation.

[DemonDeac]

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I haven't heard that one yet.

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You haven't heard a canuck accent before? Ask someone from Canada (or the northern parts of MN/WI/MI/ND) to say "I went out and about in a boat (near my house)."

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

[shakingspear]

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I haven't heard that one yet.

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You haven't heard a canuck accent before? Ask someone from Canada (or the northern parts of MN/WI/MI/ND) to say "I went out and about in a boat (near my house)."

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Well yeah, I've heard "about" turn into "aboot", but never a "route" into a "wrote."

[2planka]

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root and wrote.

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Never heard wrote.... have heard it as "rut" before. Indiana.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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root and wrote.

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Never heard wrote.... have heard it as "rut" before. Indiana.

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Well, it's not exactly wrote... it's a mix of a few things that are hard to put into writing on here. If you know the Northern accent, then just imagine it applied to route.

[Shajen]

Depends:

Root 66

R"out" 9

I use both. I've beaten English.

[jojobinks]

dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=route) says root.

[Blarg]

I'm impressed just to see that someone knows it's spelled pronunciation, not pronounciation.

As to the route thing, I don't know why, but I will pronounce it as ROOT if it's the name of a particular road, like Route 66. But if I use it any other way, I pronounce it as ROWT. I have no idea why.

[Brainwalter]

Same as "rout". Trees have roots.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Same as "rout". Trees have roots.

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Yeah, but how do you pronounce roots?

r-ooh-ts
or
r-.... whatever... the other way to say roots.

[Shajen]

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dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=route) says root.

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Did you not see the part where I said I've already beaten this game?

Sheesh.

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[LAGmaniac]

r-out when used as a verb
root when used as a noun

[krimson]

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

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I've never met a single canadian that actually said "aboot"... way to go southpark.

[shakingspear]

Watch a hockey broadcast and listen to Barry Melrose.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

I'm pretty sure that I say both. Is that weird?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

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I've never met a single canadian that actually said "aboot"... way to go southpark.

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It's a little more like a mix between "aboot" and "abote," closer to "abote."

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I'm pretty sure that I say both. Is that weird?

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No. This is normal.

[DasLeben]

I think I switch back and forth. I might say "route" as in "root," but "enroute" with "out."

[stinkypete]

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

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I've never met a single canadian that actually said "aboot"... way to go southpark.

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you can't hear it cuz you say it yourself.

[stretch22]

I'm from MN I voted route rhymes with drought. Only old hockey players and moms with a lot of decorative birdhouses in their kitchens and cookies in the oven really talk like that.

[spamuell]

Root and it's our language so you speech-butchering bastards across the pond had better listen.

[Slow Play Ray]

i don't do polls, but real quick - coupon: is it Q-PON or KOO-PON?

[spamuell]

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i don't do polls, but real quick - coupon: is it Q-PON or KOO-PON?

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Is the little grey box in which your message is reproduced entitled "coute"?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I'm from MN I voted route rhymes with drought. Only old hockey players and moms with a lot of decorative birdhouses in their kitchens and cookies in the oven really talk like that.

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You live in the southern part of the state (now WI, and before probably somewhere around The Cities in MN?). It's not so much down there as it is the Iron Range in MN and north of Hwy 29 in WI (maybe further north than that). Of course there are varying degrees of accents even within the communities. I'm originally from Superior and my wife from Hurley and we're both lucky enough to not have much of the accent. We both say these things the 'normal' way (broadcast English 'non-accent'), but every once in a while, a good "oat in a boat" slips out when we get excited. We've since moved away and have lived in different parts of the country and when we go back, the accent is plain as day (especially when we visit her hometown). One of her good friends growing up is a cute little thing, but when she opens up her mouth, out comes the craziest yooper accent you would never expect to come out of her mouth.

[Slow Play Ray]

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i don't do polls, but real quick - coupon: is it Q-PON or KOO-PON?

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Is the little grey box in which your message is reproduced entitled "coute"?

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what? don't answer my question with a question! /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Brainwalter]

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Same as "rout". Trees have roots.

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Yeah, but how do you pronounce roots?

r-ooh-ts
or
r-.... whatever... the other way to say roots.

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The real way.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Same as "rout". Trees have roots.

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Yeah, but how do you pronounce roots?

r-ooh-ts
or
r-.... whatever... the other way to say roots.

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The real way.

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I also say this both ways.

[DasLeben]

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u mean "ut n aboot in a boot"

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I've never met a single canadian that actually said "aboot"... way to go southpark.

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you can't hear it cuz you say it yourself.

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I've heard Canadians say "aboot." /images/graemlins/tongue.gif