[ann ashtray]

Choke on your tea, please.

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

Only Americans would spell a word pertaining to something completely different just to distance itself from it's British past.

That word has French origins, mate.

[Keeping It Simple]

Originally Posted by ann ashtray

Choke on you tea, please.

"Route" means a way to travel from one place to another, only in America you pronounce it the same as the word "rout", which means a disorderly retreat or flight following a defeat in battle!

[Keeping It Simple]

Originally Posted by nicfit

That word has French origins, mate.

So what?

[nicfit]

So perhaps you want to distance yourself from baguettes.