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Re: YAEPT (< French)

From:Roger Mills <romiltz@...>
Date:Sunday, February 8, 2009, 17:40
Various people commented:

--- On Wed, 2/4/09, <deinx nxtxr> <deinx.nxtxr@...> wrote:
> > <romiltz@...> wrote: > > > Ah yes, same here. Some people also vary > "root" [rUt ~ rut] but I > > > think that may be regional usage ([rut]) > conflicting with > > more "standard" [rUt]. > > > > I didn't know [rUt] was considered the more > standard > > pronunciation of "root". It's > definitely [rut] around here. > > [rut] for me too. "route" and variants are > definitely [raUt], except maybe > for the famous song "Route 66".
On due consideration, perhaps I was being Midwest-o-centric...? It's likely [rut] is more widespread than Midwest [rUt].