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 ...