Babel with UKenglish does not use British English hyphenation?

Question

I am having trouble understanding the hyphenation rules of "babel". According to this question, selecting either UKenglish or british should result in Oxford dictionary type hyphenation. But it doesn't:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}

\begin{document}
Foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar foobar produce foo bar.
\end{document}

This hyphenates pro-duce: enter image description here

Which is in accordance with American English, e.g., Merriam -Webster, whereas according to Oxford it should be prod-use.

The hyphenation pattern for produce is the same in both the American and UKEnglish hyphenation patterns: pro-duce. The UKEnglish pattern is based on the Oxford sources as the linked question. Whether there are discrepancies is a separate issue. — Alan Munn, Jul 31 '14 at 13:44
So it's a mistake in the dictionary? The thing is, going through one particular text, I found dozens of discrepancies with the Oxford dictionary, so that makes me wonder whether babel obeys the rules at all. — Emit Taste, Jul 31 '14 at 14:20
See the following question for some detailed discussion: Why does \usepackage[british]{babel} change the hyphenation to wrong? (In fact I think your question could be considered a duplicate of this.) — Alan Munn, Jul 31 '14 at 15:10
the dictionary used to develop the uk hyphenation patterns doesn't always have the hyphen positions you expect. see the question Why does \usepackage[british]{babel} change the hyphenation to wrong?. (i'm 3000 miles from my bookshelf, so can't check this particular word, but will try to do so when i return home.) — barbara beeton, Jul 31 '14 at 15:14
Given that the word comes from the Latin pro + ducere the hyphenation pattern on the webpage linked is almost certainly wrong. — ig0774, Jul 31 '14 at 22:47

Babel with UKenglish does not use British English hyphenation?

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