Super Bowl XLVIII

Anonus

Anonus knows nothing about football but he's rooting for the Broncos because homerism

Tre

Overall I'm not super impressed with the commercials yet, though that might just be because I'm sad for no particular reason

Ehh

Anonus

I'm not watching anymore

Denver was playing terribly

Tre

yeah, I think the Seahawks have this one sealed, as far as pure math is concerned

Obā-san

http://www.theonion.com/articles/huskies-unstoppable-during-coldweather-puppy-bowl,35142/

Justice4243

I'm not watching, but I'm rooting for the Seahawks. 

Which is good, because this is a pretty lopsided beat-down. 

Tachyon

aha

Justice pronounces 'route' to rhyme with 'boot'

glennmagusharvey

I pronounce it to rhyme with "boot" when I am indicating a road name; otherwise it rhymes with "out".

Tachyon

i pronounce it to rhyme with 'boot' because nobody in Britain pronounces it any other way

Fossilmaiden

I've heard people argue that it's "boot" when it's route but "rout" when it's router. Which is just weird.

Princess Alice

I generally pronounce it to rhyme with "out"

The one exception is "Route 66", because of the song

Tre

To me, "route" and "root" are homonyms

Tachyon

Fossilmaiden said:

I've heard people argue that it's "boot" when it's route but "rout" when it's router. Which is just weird.

That seems logical to me, actually, since that's the normal American pronunciation of 'router', and the term originates there.  You wouldn't talk about computer programmes or floppy discs, would you?

It's interesting how some people pronounce 'route' one way and some people pronounce it the other... as far as i can tell it's not entirely a regional thing.