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Americans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" and "row" (paddle a boat) with "dough". If you are rhyming "row" (fight) with "cow", that's a word most Americans do

Americans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" and "row" (paddle a boat) with "dough". If you are rhyming "row" (fight) with "cow", that's a word most Americans don't know.

thaumasiotes 10y ago
> Americans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0
- iopq 10y ago
  The usual distinction is "to route" rhymes with "to doubt" and the word "route" is pronounced like "root". Some people also use the verb pronunciation for the noun as well.
  - thaumasiotes 10y ago
    That distinction exists only in your own mind, and likely not even there. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/route http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/route Contrast http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legitimate http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legiti... , which correctly notes that the adjective and verb are pronounced differently.
    - ams6110 10y ago
      I most often hear: Route 66 -> sounds like root My usual route to work -> rhymes with doubt Can someone reset the router -> rhymes with doubter.
      - icambron 10y ago
        Turns out, we're really inconsistent! http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26.html http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26....
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    - iopq 10y ago
      Router as in the hardware always rhymes with doubter. I have never heard any other pronunciation for it. Route as a verb in IT always rhymes with doubt. In other meanings the pronunciations vary.
      - Jedd 10y ago
        > Router as in the hardware always rhymes with doubter. > I have never heard any other pronunciation for it. Neither had I, until I lived in the UK. I'm Australian, and we use the owl sounding router. In the UK, it's very much a rooter sounding router. Always funny, as here in AU root is slang for the act of copulation. The pronunciation made Akamai's SureRoute product especially droll.

Americans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" and "row" (paddle a boat) with "dough". If you are rhyming "row" (fight) with "cow", that's a word most Americans don't know.

thaumasiotes 10y ago

> Americans rhyme "route" (path) with "doubt" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYApJtsyd0

iopq 10y ago
The usual distinction is "to route" rhymes with "to doubt" and the word "route" is pronounced like "root". Some people also use the verb pronunciation for the noun as well.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago
  That distinction exists only in your own mind, and likely not even there. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/route http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/route Contrast http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legitimate http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/legiti... , which correctly notes that the adjective and verb are pronounced differently.
  - ams6110 10y ago
    I most often hear: Route 66 -> sounds like root My usual route to work -> rhymes with doubt Can someone reset the router -> rhymes with doubter.
    - icambron 10y ago
      Turns out, we're really inconsistent! http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26.html http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26....
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  - iopq 10y ago
    Router as in the hardware always rhymes with doubter. I have never heard any other pronunciation for it. Route as a verb in IT always rhymes with doubt. In other meanings the pronunciations vary.
    - Jedd 10y ago
      > Router as in the hardware always rhymes with doubter. > I have never heard any other pronunciation for it. Neither had I, until I lived in the UK. I'm Australian, and we use the owl sounding router. In the UK, it's very much a rooter sounding router. Always funny, as here in AU root is slang for the act of copulation. The pronunciation made Akamai's SureRoute product especially droll.