Do you say

#1 - "root"

or

#2 - "raowt" like wow

I say #1

root

edit: your threads are becoming less fun

I say "Roat" as in wrote, boat, coat, and roast.

Or in a sentence: I wrote that Jote rode the Route hiding a roast and toy boat in her coat.

Wow I've never heard it said that way...

In Dutch it's Root-uh, in english I say root. Rout when people din't understand me the first time.

Oh I always have different pronounciation of words.

For example:

For "Wow I've never heard it said that way..."

Wow as in Toe, I've as in Eve, Never as in beaver, heard as in beard, it as in eat, said as in paid, that as in thought, way as in why.

It becomes "Whoa E've neaver heared eet sayed thot wy..."

It depends which pronunciation flows better in the sentence.

Both are appropriate, according to Merriam-Webster and Cambridge.

In English, there isn't so much right and wrong as common and uncommon. Someone with a degree in English would argue against that, but English degrees pretty much guarantees that the person knows nothing about communication. English is different than other languages of Europe because there is no official academy.

Roat or "Wrote" is uncommon (read: wrong) and ambiguous sounding. I have heard people say it this way, in the Mid west, but it's more of an accent then a pronunciation.

Edit:

@Dweti: after reading that last post, I am very glad that I don't know you in real life.

I knew that my speaking would be laughed at.

I pity those who have not learned Ultra English.

It is the next form of English. It has no exceptions or contradictions in rules.

It is the reason why i speak with such different pronunc. "Pronounciation" has been shortened in Ultra English because it was too hard to spell.

^Contradictions like Wrote and Route? Hmmm... I think ultra english needs some more work... or to be stopped...

Guess which one gets my vote?