YAEPT (< French)

> [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".

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