{"id":406,"date":"2012-05-28T12:02:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T02:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2013-12-20T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T07:26:20","slug":"root-rout-route-which-to-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/05\/root-rout-route-which-to-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Root, Rout, Route – which to take?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Compass<\/a>This group of words will be more or\u00a0less confusing depending on where you live; in Australia, root and route sound quite different so we get confused more by American TV and movies than in common speech.<\/p>\n

Root<\/span><\/strong> [noun]: part of a plant that anchors it and sources nutrients for the plant; an anchoring structure or element such as the part of a hair under the skin and the underlying cause of an issue
\nCarrots and parsnips are both root vegetables.<\/em>
\nIt is the love of money, rather than money, that is the root of many problems.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Rout<\/span><\/strong> [noun]: an obvious defeat or unruly withdrawal of troops form a battle; a disorganised crowd, often rioting
\nThe General was not sympathetic to his officers after the rout last week.<\/em><\/p>\n

Route<\/span><\/strong> [noun]: a path or means of travel; a designated area or path for a salesperson or franchise; the means of entry (generally used in medical situations)
\nThe cubs carefully planned their route with a compass and map.<\/em>
\nSneezing is a common route of transmission for the flu virus.<\/em><\/p>\n

To tell root and rout apart, remember that a rout<\/strong> is about the soldiers getting out<\/strong> of a loosing battle.<\/p>\n

Of course, I should also mention that there is another (not so family friendly) meaning of the word ‘root’ in Australia – while it may be slang, it is well known and has caused many a laugh when international visitors use the word unwisely!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This group of words will be more or\u00a0less confusing depending on where you live; in Australia, root and route sound quite different so we get confused more by American TV and movies than in common speech. Root [noun]: part of a plant that anchors it and sources nutrients for the plant; an anchoring structure or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[273,765,766,767],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-meanings","tag-root","tag-rout","tag-route"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t