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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:54 PM
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It's Route, not Root
Got it?
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xray s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:56 PM
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1. Sorry....yewz wrong
You get your kicks on root 66 :)
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:14 PM
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2. Got root?
:evilgrin:

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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:16 PM
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3. I say both
It's "rowt" if I'm talking about how to get to a place: "Take this rowt..."

And it's "root" if I'm talking about an actual street called a route: "Take Route 66..."

Not sure where I came up with this distinction but for some reason I use it when I talk about it.
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