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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: American routs and Canadian roots
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Date: Sat, 4-Jan-86 14:15:26 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan  4 14:15:26 1986
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> Here are a few more:
> 	Canadian usage			American usage
> 	--------------			--------------
> 	route (pronounced "root")	(pronounced to rhyme with "out")
>	...

Eh?  There are patches on the map where "rowt" is entrenched, but the
standard in the U.S. is still "root."

By the way, how do Canadians pronounce "processes?" :-J

_._
	"It winds from Chicago to L.A.
	 2,000 miles all the way"
			--"Route 66"
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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