Route,How do you pronounce it?

[Fuzzzie]

I don't. If I ever have to say that word I just make a high-pitched screeching noise to avoid embarrassment.

[Alixie]

I say it both ways.

[TheImmortalLordAtlas]

.... Mine were but one of those examples to differentiate the words...

Route:
1.A course or way which is traveled or passed. The route was used so much that it formed a rut. You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.
2.A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation. We live near the bus route. Here is a map of our delivery routes.
3.A road or path; often specifically a highway. Follow Route 49 out of town.
4.The way to do something.

or more simply... course, road or passage.....

If you scroll down, you will notice that "route" is also a verb. Do you say "rooter" or "rowter"?

[Crummy]

As a Swede, I've always been taught that it's pronounced "Rowt".

[Puri]

Both pronunciations seem to be correct and are not bound to a meaning: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dict...oute_1?q=route

[openair]

If you scroll down, you will notice that "route" is also a verb. Do you say "rooter" or "rowter"?

A verb that means (from your 'scroll down' on wiktionary) "1.To direct or divert along a particular 'course!'" As i said in my first post... Either is considered correct by Dictionaries for 'route'... And i already said how I pronouce the 3 different words...

[Xanjori]

I would go with Route being pronounced Root and Rout being pronounced Rowt.

[Eletastic]

South east US- Rowt. I never hear it called root except on tv. Root is the thing you trip on if you walk too close to the cherry tree.

[Loaf]

rowt here, I lived most of my life in Virginia before moving to Texas. I sometimes say it root as well now that I think on it. Guess it depends. I mostly say rowt though.

[Fahrenheit]

A computer sometimes uses a "router".
Whilst driving you come upon a detour. You punch it into your GPS and it says "re-routing"
As mentioned earlier in this thread, that WR has excellent "route" running skills.

Don't say "root", IMO is makes people sound dim witted.

[Adam Jensen]

Root

"rowt" is "rout" as in "the retreat became a rout"

"root" is route as in "I take Route 495 from Boston to Chicopee once a month"

[Tastyfish]

I use both depending what I am trying to convey.

[openair]

Don't say "root", IMO is makes people sound dim witted.

Dont argue with dictionaries, imo it makes people sound...

[Doktor Faustus]

[GotMoxie]

I'm from Ireland and pronounce it as root. Everyone that I know here in NC pronounces it rowt.

[Deleted]

root brah ;D

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oh god i lol'd.

[Porcell]

Both. The historic East-West highway in the U.S. is Route 66 and is always pronounced Root 66. (There's a song, no less.) However, if I were to ask someone "What route do you take when you talk to school" I would pronounce it rowt, just like an internet router would always be pronounced as rowter.

[Tosu]

route/ro͞ot/----Dictionary definition right there. Its "root".

[Bigbazz]

Root

etcetcetcetcetcetc.

[Nifra]

French Canadian from New-Brunswick, I say it "Root", but mainly because the french word also sounds like "Root"