Is Route pronounced root or ROWT?
A: The word “route” can be pronounced either ROOT or ROWT in the US. This is true for both the noun, meaning a course or path, or the verb, meaning to send something by a specific course or path.
What is a rout?
1 : a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat. 2a : a disastrous defeat : debacle. b : a precipitate flight. rout.
How is Route pronounced?
Today, the pronunciation of route as /raut/ (rhyming with out) is more prevalent in the USA.
Is the T silent in exactly?
When the T and D sounds come between two other consonant sounds, many Americans will drop them. But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You’ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly.