All kinds of snobberies will of course be found in pronunciation: Most people think that their parents' pronunciation of any given word is the most respectable one, and discussions thereof tend to be ...

How do you pronounce “route”? Does it rhyme with “shoot” or “shout”? No matter which “route” you choose, there’s a homonym for it. For the first option, it’s “root.” And for the second, it’s “rout.” ...

All kinds of snobberies will of course be found in pronunciation: Most people think that their parents' pronunciation of any given word is the most respectable one, and discussions thereof tend to be ...