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minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoWhere do you stand on the woodworking tool, a direction and a complete loss in a sport/battle? e.g. in UK Router Woodworking: outer is pronounced outer Computer: outer is pronounced ooter Route Direction: oute is pronounced oot Rout Complete loss in sport/battle: out is pronounced out Are these all “owt” in the US?
minus-squareParlimentOfDoom@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agoIt’s even worse. In the US Route is pronounced differently depending on part of speech. We r-out our traffic to r-oot 66
minus-squareTipRing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoThey are two different words, the verb is just pronounced differently from the noun.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoThe only one of those that is possibly “oot” is route as in directions, in standard American English
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days ago Are these all “owt” in the US? Yes. But I have heard people pronounce route as “root” before.
minus-squaretreesquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoIn the US, all are “out” but route can be out or oot depending on your mood
Where do you stand on the woodworking tool, a direction and a complete loss in a sport/battle?
e.g. in UK
Router
Woodworking: outer is pronounced outer
Computer: outer is pronounced ooter
Route
Direction: oute is pronounced oot
Rout
Complete loss in sport/battle: out is pronounced out
Are these all “owt” in the US?
It’s even worse. In the US Route is pronounced differently depending on part of speech.
We r-out our traffic to r-oot 66
They are two different words, the verb is just pronounced differently from the noun.
The only one of those that is possibly “oot” is route as in directions, in standard American English
Agreed
Yes. But I have heard people pronounce route as “root” before.
In the US, all are “out” but route can be out or oot depending on your mood