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Originally Posted by carolraydon 
Hello,
I want to know how everybody out there pronounces ROUTER - the thing for your LAN, not the thing that cuts grooves in wood. Is like ROOT - ER, or is like R "OUT" - ER? All votes will be counted. :p
The word route, meaning a highway etc should be pronounced with the "oo" sound. The "e" at the end of the word softens the o sound.
A router should also be pronounced as "rooter" for the same reason.
Think of bout and boutique. Think of gout and goutee. Think of tout and toute (suite).
Or not. I think "r-ow-t" for the highway sounds uneducated.
I, and everyone I know IRL, pronounces router (the device) as 'r-owt-er'. This includes the staff at the local computer store (note: this is not a chain, these people actually do know what they're doing, so I would presume they know what they're talking about as well). I have, I'll admit, heard route (noun - a course, way, or road for passage or travel) pronounced as 'root', but only rarely, and the verb form, as in 'to shift to another path', I have always heard pronounced as 'rowt'. If I heard someone say 're-r-oo-t', I'd assume they were talking about gardening or something similar.
And root itself can be a verb, meaning alternately to establish deeply, or to tear out. (Note: The second meaning requires an object, the first apparently does not. Check dictionary.com for further evidence.)
And root itself can be a verb, meaning alternately to establish deeply, or to tear out. (Note: The second meaning requires an object, the first apparently does not. Check dictionary.com for further evidence.)
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the local dialect here tends towards rowt-r, for apparent lack of IPA support in [tex] tags...
there's a teacher at my school that pronounces it r-oo-ter..
haha i get a kick out of it every time.
haha i get a kick out of it every time.
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its r-oooo-ter for the british
its r-owww-ter for americans
if you said it the american way in engalnd ppl would be like wtf
its r-owww-ter for americans
if you said it the american way in engalnd ppl would be like wtf
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Originally Posted by gazaa
Americans tend to pronounce is as "r - out - er", the same way as they pronounce route "r - out" Brits and a few other nationalities tend to pronounce is as "rooter" as we pronounce "route" as root.
Simple, eh?
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Originally Posted by hollystyles
root is not a verb it is a noun,.
Last edited by Ancient Dragon; Mar 2nd, 2007 at 6:16 pm.
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americanisms and american pronounciations get on my nerves
we invented the darn language anyways...
like WTF is up with color - it should be colour - theres a U in it!
we invented the darn language anyways...
like WTF is up with color - it should be colour - theres a U in it!
Last edited by jbennet; Mar 2nd, 2007 at 7:09 pm.
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Originally Posted by jbennet
americanisms and american pronounciations get on my nerves
we invented the darn language anyways...
"Router" is pronounced R-ow-ter as in "wow" .
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Last edited by mattyd; Mar 2nd, 2007 at 7:24 pm.
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Originally Posted by jbennet
americanisms and american pronounciations get on my nerves
we invented the darn language anyways...
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But if I telle tales two or thre
Of freres, er I come to Sidyngborne
My tale is doon
we been almoost at towne
Sires, now in the morwe-tyde
Out of youre hostelrie I saugh yow ryde.
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Originally Posted by jbennet
like WTF is up with color - it should be colour - theres a U in it!
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