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From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Americanisms and Canadianisms
Message-ID: <987@terak.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 11:11:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 11:11:55 1986
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> In article <965@terak.UUCP> suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) writes:
> >....
> >Is this also true of Canadians? Do they pronounce route both
> >as "root" and to rime with "out"?
> >....
> 
> They pronounce it as root, but of course they also spell rhyme correctly!
> 
> Ray Dunn.  ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray
> 
> [acclaimer: this is supposed to be humourous, not a spelling flame.]
> 
>  P.S. Why do we ALL pronounce ROUTER (the tool - same word derivation) to
>  rhyme with OUTER.

Of course, "rime" is in the dictionary, as is "rhyme" which is
I'm sure the prefered spelling. I just like doing some things
a bit different. (For example, I'm an American who puts a "u" in
colour and crosses my sevens.) Remember the rather well known
_Rime_Of_The_Ancient_Mariner_ ?
-- 
Suzanne Barnett-Scott
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