This is the first word I searched for after becoming a new member of wordnik. (My uncle 15 generations removed was Noah Webster). I wanted to see how wordnik pronounced "route". I was delighted to see that you only pronounce it the correct way, namely rut (root), even though many people, including those in the media, mispronounce it "rout".
Perhaps you could add "common mispronunciations" to wordnik as a gentle nudge to improving our language skills.
I enjoyed learning about wordnik through the article on Erin McKean's efforts in the March 16 issue of The Christian Science Monitor.
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barnesrw commented on the word route
This is the first word I searched for after becoming a new member of wordnik. (My uncle 15 generations removed was Noah Webster). I wanted to see how wordnik pronounced "route". I was delighted to see that you only pronounce it the correct way, namely rut (root), even though many people, including those in the media, mispronounce it "rout".
Perhaps you could add "common mispronunciations" to wordnik as a gentle nudge to improving our language skills.
I enjoyed learning about wordnik through the article on Erin McKean's efforts in the March 16 issue of The Christian Science Monitor.
Thanks, and happy wording!
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April 2, 2009