in my neck of the woods, "Route" is strictly pronounced [rowt] by transit workers. if you are are transit worker and you say [root] you will be immediately corrected by your peers

in my neck of the woods, "Route" is strictly pronounced [rowt] by transit workers. if you are are transit worker and you say [root] you will be immediately corrected by your peers
I have never felt strongly about this pronunciation before in my life and now I’m like hell yeah I use the transit worker pronunciation