Re: YAEPT (< French)

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:29 PM, <deinx nxtxr> <deinx.nxtxr@...>wrote:

> > [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
>
> > <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".
>
I get grief for [rUt] all the time. My impression is that [rut] is more
widespread.