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From Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>
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Subject: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 21:45:48 +0200
Sorry for this dumb question, but:
I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route" or
like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
"route", but I'm the minority.)
Thanks,
Stefan
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From Craig Wiesner <craig@wkmn.com>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 17:18:20 -0700
Stefan Zingg wrote:
>
> Sorry for this dumb question, but:
>
> I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
> correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route" or
> like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
> "route", but I'm the minority.)
> &#
> Thanks,
> Stefan
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Stefan,
When in America, speaking with an American accent, you say
"Raow-ter" Sounds like the word "OUT"
When in Europe, or when speaking with any accent other than
American, you say "Roooo-ter"
In America, we have a 24-hour plumber company called
Roto-Rooter (they unclog your toilet 24 hours a day)
so I think we are loathe to call one of our $100,000
products a "rooter."
Hope that helps!
Craig Wiesner (pronounced Weeeeesner)
WKMN Training - InternetWorking Education Specialists
From Roux_NickRemove@Lilly.Com (Nick Roux)
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 11:30:34 GMT
The US tends to "rout" packets, while the rest of the civilised world
prefer to "route" our packets.
Nick
On Tue, 08 Jul 1997 21:45:48 +0200, Stefan Zingg
<stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> wrote:
>Sorry for this dumb question, but:
>
>I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route" or
>like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>"route", but I'm the minority.)
>
>Thanks,
>Stefan
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From NRA@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk (Nigel Arnot)
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 9 Jul 1997 13:45:52 GMT
In article <33C298EC.4DEA@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>, Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> says:
>
>Sorry for this dumb question, but:
>
>I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route" or
>like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>"route", but I'm the minority.)
In the UK the latter pronunciation designates a power tool for cutting
slots, etc, in wood. I've never heard a datacomms box pronounced
any way other than to rhyme with "route".
The general rule is that one can form a noun from a verb by sticking
-er on the end. An xxx-er is something that xxx-es. xxx is normally
pronounced the same in both cases, which fits with the above.
Is US English ungrammatical, or is "route" pronounced like "rout" in
some parts of the USA? Of course, when you get to a firewall whether
it routs or routes your packets depends on the local management :-)
From Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@dailyplanet.wsrcc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 09 Jul 1997 07:13:07 -0700
NRA@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk (Nigel Arnot) writes:
> Is US English ungrammatical, or is "route" pronounced like "rout" in
> some parts of the USA? Of course, when you get to a firewall whether
> it routs or routes your packets depends on the local management :-)
"router" is pronounced exactly like its spelled r-out-er. (As in get
those packets "out" 'er here.)
Its only in Europe that I've heard it pronounced r-oot-er.
Whenever folks say "rooter", I picture a garden implement for working
on the subteranian part of a tree.
-wolfgang
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From Marina Smith
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 18:08:24 GMT
As others have said, in the USA it's rout as in out, in the UK it's
root as in toot. Beware, however, in Australia you MUST use the
American pronounciation - root is a rude word!
Marina
Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> wrote:
>Sorry for this dumb question, but:
>
>I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route" or
>like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>"route", but I'm the minority.)
>
>Thanks,
>Stefan
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From Graham Minchin <gtminch@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 10 Jul 1997 14:40:57 GMT
Marina Smith wrote:
: As others have said, in the USA it's rout as in out, in the UK it's
: root as in toot. Beware, however, in Australia you MUST use the
: American pronounciation - root is a rude word!
Well I'm in Australia and I use the British pronunciation. However, I
have a christian friend who uses the American one, simply because (as you
say) 'root' is a naughty word! :)
Graham
From Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:11:23 +0200
Thank you everybody who answered. I didn't imagine that this dumb
question would lead to such an entertaining thread. Maybe I can
contribute something myself: Looking into the O.E.D. I've found a
possible explanation of the American pronounciation.
The O.E.D states:
"route: A way, road, or course; a certain direction taken in travelling
from one place to another" ... etc.
and then:
... "beginning of the 18th; from that time down to c 1800 the usual
spelling was rout. The pronunciation ((like "out")), which appears in
early 19th cent. rimes, is still retained in military use, and by many
speakers in the U.S. and Canada."
Stefan
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From szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka)
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Subject: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 97 20:09:12 -0500
st> From: Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>
st> I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
st> correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
st> or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
st> "route", but I'm the minority.)
The problem, of course, is that "route" is pronounced both ways, usually
depending on context. (At least here in the States.) "Route 66" (a
famous U.S. highway) is pronounced with the same vowel sound as "root"
or the French "roux"--not unlike the German vowel =F6 (o with umlaut).
However, a "postal route" or "newspaper route" is pronounced like "rout"
(i.e., the same vowel sound as in "round"). It is this latter
pronunciation that is used when speaking about "routing" packets using a
"router". (At least here in the States.)
A friend and I faced this problem a few months back when having a
conversation with a Dutch friend; at first we could figure out what this
"rooter" he was talking about must be! :)
Incidently, a now archaic meaning of "route" that actually fits the
situation quite well is that of marching orders given to a military
unit. If you like to think of TCP/IP packets as little soldiers under
your command... ;) That would also be pronounced with the "rout" or
"round" vowel sound.
... Well... Spam, eggs, sausage, and Spam. That's not got much Spam.
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From adinkin@commschool.org (Aaron J. Dinkin)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:58:44 -0500
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
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In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
>The problem, of course, is that "route" is pronounced both ways, usually
>depending on context. (At least here in the States.) "Route 66" (a
>famous U.S. highway) is pronounced with the same vowel sound as "root"
>or the French "roux"--not unlike the German vowel š (o with umlaut).
Even less unlike, I should think, the German vowel u.
>However, a "postal route" or "newspaper route" is pronounced like "rout"
>(i.e., the same vowel sound as in "round").
Er, no it's not. In my peculiar (American) idiolect, "route" is always
homophonous with "root".
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
From hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 13 Jul 1997 09:19:50 GMT
Followup to: <5q04mg$18k$2@willow.cc.kcl.ac.uk>
By author: NRA@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk (Nigel Arnot)
In newsgroup: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
>
> Is US English ungrammatical, or is "route" pronounced like "rout" in
> some parts of the USA? Of course, when you get to a firewall whether
> it routs or routes your packets depends on the local management :-)
>
When I lived in Chicago, "route" as in "Illinois Route 59" (a highway)
was *always* pronounced identially to the word "rout", so my answer
would be "yes"...
-hpa
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From Roger Gammans <rgammans@compsurg.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:15:48 +0100
In article <adinkin-ya023180001107972158450001@news.usa1.com>, "Aaron J.
Dinkin" <adinkin@commschool.org> writes
>In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
>szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
>>However, a "postal route" or "newspaper route" is pronounced like "rout"
>>(i.e., the same vowel sound as in "round").
>
>Er, no it's not. In my peculiar (American) idiolect, "route" is always
>homophonous with "root".
In England I would expect to hear "Root - er" for the n/w product you
are describing and "Rout - er" to describe a handheld (normally
electricly powered) woodworking tool consisting of a rotating side
cutter - used to cut cut indentations into the work piece to a specific
depth.
Two very different products. IMVHO.
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From Alistair Riddell <alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:39:16 +0000
Here in Scotland, we pronounce it roo-ter. I believe most 'Merkins are
inclined to say row-ter.
But then, they say prawcessor instead of processor and sometimes even
dawg instead of dog.
p.s. no offence intended.
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From mlloyd@baynetworks.takethisout.com (Mark Lloyd)
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 02:56:58 GMT
You might want to travel up to Canada on whatever ROUTE (root) you
need to take to get here and check out the COLOUR of the leaves in
Autumn. I'm not sure how many METRES it is from where you live but
finding the computer CENTRE is not a problem. It's there you will find
all our routers (rooters).
By the way those leaves can be placed in a vase (vawse) for a nice
effect.
On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:11:23 +0200, Stefan Zingg
<stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> wrote:
>Thank you everybody who answered. I didn't imagine that this dumb
>question would lead to such an entertaining thread. Maybe I can
>contribute something myself: Looking into the O.E.D. I've found a
>possible explanation of the American pronounciation.
>
>The O.E.D states:
>
>"route: A way, road, or course; a certain direction taken in travelling
>from one place to another" ... etc.
>
>and then:
>
>... "beginning of the 18th; from that time down to c 1800 the usual
>spelling was rout. The pronunciation ((like "out")), which appears in
>early 19th cent. rimes, is still retained in military use, and by many
>speakers in the U.S. and Canada."
>
>Stefan
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From User & <syed@hzl.saijid.org>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 05:57:18 GMT
Alistair Riddell <alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk> writes:
> Here in Scotland, we pronounce it roo-ter. I believe most 'Merkins are
> inclined to say row-ter.
>
> But then, they say prawcessor instead of processor and sometimes even
> dawg instead of dog.
>
> p.s. no offence intended.
No offense taken.
>
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> IT Support Department, George Watson's College, Edinburgh
> Tel: +44 131 447 7931 Ext 176 Fax: +44 131 452 8594
From Larry Stefani <stefani@lkg.dec.com>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 09:01:10 -0500
Mark Lloyd wrote:
>
> You might want to travel up to Canada on whatever ROUTE (root) you
> need to take to get here and check out the COLOUR of the leaves in
> Autumn. I'm not sure how many METRES it is from where you live but
> finding the computer CENTRE is not a problem. It's there you will find
> all our routers (rooters).
While I'm not convinced that most American's would accept flipping the
letters "E" and "R" in words like THEATER, CENTER, METER, etc, it's not
unthinkable to believe that U.S.-based networking professionals could
start to pronounce router as "rooter".
For the uninformed, I can see how the current American pronounciation
(rhymes with "out") can cause confusion between a type of networking
equipment and a tool used in a wood shop. Regards.
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From Jim Garnett <kborges@palmnet.net>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 16:58:48 -0400
Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote:
> NRA@maxwell.ph.kcl.ac.uk (Nigel Arnot) writes:
> > Is US English ungrammatical,
Yes, very!
> > or is "route" pronounced like "rout" in
> > some parts of the USA?
Seriously, yes. Route can be pronounced 'rout' or 'root' depending on
where you're from. I say rout, but I've lived all over, so I don't know
if I'm right or wrong.
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From Craig Wiesner <craig@wkmn.com>
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 15:45:45 -0700
To All,
This has been such a fun thread, I'm glad the original poster
asked the question. When I teach classes abroad, or I know that
I have non-U.S. students in my class, I generally pronounce
it "Rooter" since that is what I most often hear non-Americans
say. Since we are on a pronunciation kick anyway, I was wondering
how do you pronounce ISAKMP/Oakley? Is it "Isakemp / Oakley" or
"I S A K M P / Oakley?" or "ISA K M P / Oakley"? And who's Oakley
anyway and does he know Diffie and Helman?
Craig
Larry Stefani wrote:
>
> Mark Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > You might want to travel up to Canada on whatever ROUTE (root) you
> > need to take to get here and check out the COLOUR of the leaves in
> > Autumn. I'm not sure how many METRES it is from where you live but
> > finding the computer CENTRE is not a problem. It's there you will find
> > all our routers (rooters).
>
> While I'm not convinced that most American's would accept flipping the
> letters "E" and "R" in words like THEATER, CENTER, METER, etc, it's not
> unthinkable to believe that U.S.-based networking professionals could
> start to pronounce router as "rooter".
>
> For the uninformed, I can see how the current American pronounciation
> (rhymes with "out") can cause confusion between a type of networking
> equipment and a tool used in a wood shop. Regards.
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From peter.williams@hendersons.com.au (Peter Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:43:30 GMT
Mark,
For the most part I'm with you. Aussies do it the same way as Canadians,
althought the accent is different. But we say router (rowter) because
rooter means one who roots. Rooting is having sex in Australia, so it
all starts to sound a bit rude if you are discussing routers and routing.
We do however take the most direct route (root) when we are in a
hurry to get somewhere.
Peter.
In article <33cae5a8.5708743@news>, mlloyd@baynetworks.takethisout.com (Mark
Lloyd) wrote:
>You might want to travel up to Canada on whatever ROUTE (root) you
>need to take to get here and check out the COLOUR of the leaves in
>Autumn. I'm not sure how many METRES it is from where you live but
>finding the computer CENTRE is not a problem. It's there you will find
>all our routers (rooters).
>
>By the way those leaves can be placed in a vase (vawse) for a nice
>effect.
>
>On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:11:23 +0200, Stefan Zingg
><stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> wrote:
>
>>Thank you everybody who answered. I didn't imagine that this dumb
>>question would lead to such an entertaining thread. Maybe I can
>>contribute something myself: Looking into the O.E.D. I've found a
>>possible explanation of the American pronounciation.
>>
>>The O.E.D states:
>>
>>"route: A way, road, or course; a certain direction taken in travelling
>>from one place to another" ... etc.
>>
>>and then:
>>
>>... "beginning of the 18th; from that time down to c 1800 the usual
>>spelling was rout. The pronunciation ((like "out")), which appears in
>>early 19th cent. rimes, is still retained in military use, and by many
>>speakers in the U.S. and Canada."
>>
>>Stefan
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>> * to remove the .BOUNCE.COM from the address! *
>
>Mark Lloyd
>Professional Services
>Bay Networks Canada
From seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:56:34 GMT
In article <iPvcwAAE7lyzEwR1@compsurg.demon.co.uk>, Roger Gammans
<rgammans@compsurg.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> In England I would expect to hear "Root - er" for the n/w product you
> are describing and "Rout - er" to describe a handheld (normally
> electricly powered) woodworking tool consisting of a rotating side
> cutter - used to cut cut indentations into the work piece to a specific
> depth.
> Two very different products. IMVHO.
In my home/office, I have both a ROOTER (with appropriate rooting tables),
and a ROUT-ER (mounted in a routing table). They are most definitely not
the same product. One creates a huge mess every time I use it, and the
other carves wood.
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From seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:50:32 GMT
In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
> st> From: Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>
> st> I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
> st> correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
> st> or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
> st> "route", but I'm the minority.)
>
> The problem, of course, is that "route" is pronounced both ways, usually
> depending on context. (At least here in the States.) "Route 66" (a
> famous U.S. highway) is pronounced with the same vowel sound as "root"
> or the French "roux"--not unlike the German vowel ö (o with umlaut).
> However, a "postal route" or "newspaper route" is pronounced like "rout"
> (i.e., the same vowel sound as in "round"). It is this latter
> pronunciation that is used when speaking about "routing" packets using a
> "router". (At least here in the States.)
>
Well, *I* am here in the states, and have ALWAYS pronounced it "ROOT-er".
It started out as a sort of East Coast-West Coast thing. (You can always
tell if someone is a student of mine on the West Coast; they pronounce
"router" *correctly* (i.e., ROOT-er)!
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From seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
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Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:54:20 GMT
In article <5qa6jm$3pg$1@palladium.transmeta.com>, hpa@transmeta.com (H.
Peter Anvin) wrote:
>
> When I lived in Chicago, "route" as in "Illinois Route 59" (a highway)
> was *always* pronounced identially to the word "rout", so my answer
> would be "yes"...
>
And of course, we should not forget those great song lyrics:
"Get your kicks, on ROOT Sixty-Six"
and the Beach Boys,
"We'll all be plannin' out a ROOT,
We're gonna take real soon.
We're waxin' down our surfboards,
We can't wait for June.
We'll all be gone for the summer,
We're on surfari to stay.
Tell the teacher we're surfin',
Surfin' USA"
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From curtis@anl.gov (Jeffrey S. Curtis)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 16 Jul 1997 23:15:10 GMT
seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert) writes:
}hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) wrote:
}>
}> When I lived in Chicago, "route" as in "Illinois Route 59" (a highway)
}> was *always* pronounced identially to the word "rout", so my answer
}> would be "yes"...
}>
}
}And of course, we should not forget those great song lyrics:
}
} "Get your kicks, on ROOT Sixty-Six" [...]
For what it's worth, I can spit out my apartment window and hit Illinois
Route 59, and it's rare to hear anyone pronounce it "root". Anyone who
calls a router a "rooter" around here gets very funny looks from the
people he's talking to.
Jeff (expectorator extraordinaire)
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From adamsone@egr.msu.edu (Eric Adamson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 03:56:54 GMT
In article <seifert-ya023060041607971454200001@192.0.2.3>, seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert) wrote:
>In article <5qa6jm$3pg$1@palladium.transmeta.com>, hpa@transmeta.com (H.
>Peter Anvin) wrote:
>>
>> When I lived in Chicago, "route" as in "Illinois Route 59" (a highway)
>> was *always* pronounced identially to the word "rout", so my answer
>> would be "yes"...
>>
>
>And of course, we should not forget those great song lyrics:
>
> "Get your kicks, on ROOT Sixty-Six"
>
>and the Beach Boys,
>
> "We'll all be plannin' out a ROOT,
> We're gonna take real soon.
> We're waxin' down our surfboards,
> We can't wait for June.
>
> We'll all be gone for the summer,
> We're on surfari to stay.
> Tell the teacher we're surfin',
> Surfin' USA"
>
Certainly fine songs, but they DO smack of the sixties -- I hear people
actually wore DUNGAREES back then!
In case our European friends are left confused by my remark, "dungarees" has
become officially archaic in US English. My suspicion is that here in the US,
where an "old" house is scarcely 250 years old, we simply have little sense of
tradition, and there is no "proper" language here -- just a steadily-changing
vernacular.
Regards,
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From pthornwgtn@ihug.co.nz (Pam)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:03:22 GMT
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:50:32 GMT, seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
wrote:
>In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
>szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
>
>> st> From: Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>
>> st> I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>> st> correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
>> st> or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>> st> "route", but I'm the minority.)
>>
<snip>
In UK and here in New Zealand I have only ever heard it pronounced
router (ou as in how).
~~~ Pam ~~~
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From Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 17 Jul 1997 20:09:45 GMT
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In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
>I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
>or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>"route", but I'm the minority.)
I've afraid that doesn't say anything. In the dialect native to the
upper midwest, "route" and "rout" are both pronounced the same way,
rhyming with "shout" and "tout". This is the same place where "root"
(in the ground) rhymes with "foot" and "soot".
--tom
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From nexus@king.cts.com (Alan Pollock)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 18 Jul 1997 05:07:33 GMT
Tom Christiansen (tchrist@mox.perl.com) wrote:
: [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
:
: In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
: szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
:
: >I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
: >pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
: >or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
: >"route", but I'm the minority.)
:
: I've afraid that doesn't say anything. In the dialect native to the
: upper midwest, "route" and "rout" are both pronounced the same way,
: rhyming with "shout" and "tout". This is the same place where "root"
: (in the ground) rhymes with "foot" and "soot".
:
: --tom
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From Marina Smith
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:38:17 GMT
adamsone@egr.msu.edu (Eric Adamson) wrote:
>In case our European friends are left confused by my remark, "dungarees" has
>become officially archaic in US English. My suspicion is that here in the US,
>where an "old" house is scarcely 250 years old, we simply have little sense of
>tradition, and there is no "proper" language here -- just a steadily-changing
>vernacular.
250! when I visited the U.S. in the '70s, a friend told me he lived in
a "real old" house - it turned out be 1930s-built. He asked how old
our house was and when I said 100 years, he assumed it was some kind
of a palace. Anyone who has visited London knows it is mostly built of
terraced Victorian two-up two-downs (US-speak: small 19th century row
houses).
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From Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:51:56 +0200
Pam wrote:
>
> In UK and here in New Zealand I have only ever heard it pronounced
> router (ou as in how).
>
I don't know where you've been in the UK but I have NEVER heard
a Brit pronounce it 'raouter' - it's ALWAYS 'rooter'.
You must have been talking to some Yanks while you were there!
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From Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 19 Jul 1997 16:01:45 GMT
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
In alt.usage.english,
Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr> writes:
:I don't know where you've been in the UK but I have NEVER heard
:a Brit pronounce it 'raouter' - it's ALWAYS 'rooter'.
You assume that "rooter" meets something soundwise. Remember
that many non-city-slicker midwesterners pronounce "root" to
rhyme with "foot". There's a reason ASCII IPA exists, you know.
"route" /rAUt/ /rut/
"router" /rAUtR/ /rutR/
"roter" /roUtR/
"root" /rUt/ /rut/
"foot" /fUt/
"room" /rum/
"rut" /r@t/
"some" /s@m/
"rout" /rAUt/
"wrote" /roUt/
"wrought" /rOt/ /rAt/
"taught" /tOt/ /tAt/
"rat" /r&t/
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From seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 18:57:58 GMT
In article <5qk52g$nb0$2@msunews.cl.msu.edu>, adamsone@egr.msu.edu (Eric
Adamson) wrote:
>
> Certainly fine songs, but they DO smack of the sixties -- I hear people
> actually wore DUNGAREES back then!
>
As we say in Berkeley, "If you remember the 60's, you weren't there!"
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From jvrobert@sedona.intel.com (Jason V. Robertson~)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 19 Jul 1997 06:46:54 GMT
In article <33CF911C.24F6@eurocontrol.fr>,
Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr> wrote:
>Pam wrote:
>>
>> In UK and here in New Zealand I have only ever heard it pronounced
>> router (ou as in how).
>>
>
>I don't know where you've been in the UK but I have NEVER heard
>a Brit pronounce it 'raouter' - it's ALWAYS 'rooter'.
>
>You must have been talking to some Yanks while you were there!
>
'rooter' huh? Funny - it's not spelled that way :)
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From Larry Phillips <larryp@SPAMBEGONE.rogers.wave.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:57:27 -0700
In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
>I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
>or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>"route", but I'm the minority.)
Around here, I hear both, excepot for a particular kind of router,
whjich is a power tool with a spinning shaft holding a cutting tool,
used to 'rout' (as in dig out) a slot or fancy edge in wood. In this
case, it is always rhymed with 'outer'.
From Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 18:33:41 +0200
Tom Christiansen wrote:
>
> [courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
>
> In alt.usage.english,
> Peter Hullah <Peter.Hullah@eurocontrol.fr> writes:
> :I don't know where you've been in the UK but I have NEVER heard
> :a Brit pronounce it 'raouter' - it's ALWAYS 'rooter'.
>
> You assume that "rooter" meets something soundwise. Remember
> that many non-city-slicker midwesterners pronounce "root" to
> rhyme with "foot". There's a reason ASCII IPA exists, you know.
Yeah - sorry. I normally use it but was too lazy to look it
up on this occasion, and of course ...
From Jerry Margeson <jerrym@uvonics.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:54:08 -0400
> In article <wgcid$1$g320$h42$i0$j06c2cb69@brazerko.com>,
> szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka) wrote:
>
> >I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
> >pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
> >or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
> >"route", but I'm the minority.)
Strange. Here in Midwest America, I have heard both pronunciations
of the word "route", and never-ending arguments over which one is
correct. This has followed me around all my life.
However, I have never heard a moments hesitation over the pronunciation
of "router" from anyone I have talked to (in this country).
"Route", as in "stout".
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From Jon Rouse <rousej@postoffice.co.ukx>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:43:36 +0100
Tom Christiansen wrote:
>
> You assume that "rooter" meets something soundwise. Remember
> that many non-city-slicker midwesterners pronounce "root" to
> rhyme with "foot".
Ah, but is that 'foot' (to rhyme with 'boot') or 'fut'?
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From laker@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:01:08 GMT
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>:
[courtesy cc of this posting sent to cited author via email]
Let me gratuitously muddy the waters by adding an extra column
containing the standard British pronunciations of these words, which are
different in almost every case:
> "route" /rAUt/ /rut/ /ru:t/
> "router" /rAUtR/ /rutR/ /'ru:t@/ (E'net), /raUt@/ (woodwork)
> "roter" /roUtR/ /r@Ut@/ (should be 'rotor'?)
> "root" /rUt/ /rut/ /ru:t/
> "foot" /fUt/ /fUt/
> "room" /rum/ /ru:m/
> "rut" /r@t/ /rVt/
> "some" /s@m/ /sVm/
> "rout" /rAUt/ /raUt/
> "wrote" /roUt/ /r@Ut/
> "wrought" /rOt/ /rAt/ /rO:t/
> "taught" /tOt/ /tAt/ /tO:t/
> "rat" /r&t/ /r&t/
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From Jon Rouse <rousej@postoffice.co.ukx>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:45:22 +0100
Markus Laker wrote:
>
> Let me gratuitously muddy the waters by adding an extra column
> containing the standard British pronunciations of these words, which are
> different in almost every case:
Curiously the British pronunciation you gave tended to be northern english
rather than received pronunciation or 'BBC' english. Perhaps you need another
couple of columns?
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From Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 23 Jul 1997 13:54:34 GMT
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In alt.usage.english,
Jon Rouse <rousej@postoffice.co.uk> writes:
:> You assume that "rooter" meets something soundwise. Remember
:> that many non-city-slicker midwesterners pronounce "root" to
:> rhyme with "foot".
:
:Ah, but is that 'foot' (to rhyme with 'boot') or 'fut'?
No, "foot" doesn't rhyme with "boot" and "suit" in the
plain-speakin', rural, heart-land of America. It rhymes
with "put" and "soot". Here are some rhyming sets;
each column has a different ending sound:
boot bout but cot foot fought
hoot gout cut dot put taught
loot lout gut got root sought
moot out hut hot soot thought
shoot pout jut jot fraught
toot rout nut lot bought
rut not wrought
pot
rot
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From Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 23 Jul 1997 14:22:59 GMT
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In alt.usage.english,
laker@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker) writes:
:Let me gratuitously muddy the waters by adding an extra column
:containing the standard British pronunciations of these words, which are
:different in almost every case:
I believe that I messed up on the IPA. See my other posting
for rhyming sets of these words.
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From Rich Mavrogeanes <rmavro@snet.net>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:24:16 -0400
>I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
>pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
>or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
>"route", but I'm the minority.)
>
>> Strange. Here in Midwest America, I have heard both pronunciations
>> of the word "route", and never-ending arguments over which one is
>> correct. This has followed me around all my life.
>
> However, I have never heard a moments hesitation over the pronunciation
> of "router" from anyone I have talked to (in this country).
> "Route", as in "stout".
A "Rooter" forwards packets, and is produced by companies like
Cisco, Bay, and many others. A "Router" is made by companies
like Black and Decker, Sears, and many others. They booth deal
with bits.
Rich Mavro
Network Consultant
rmavro@snet.net
From manfredi@arl.bna.boeing.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 16:13:25 -0600
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
In article <5r52eq$98u$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>,
tchrist@mox.perl.com (Tom Christiansen) wrote:
[ ... ]
> No, "foot" doesn't rhyme with "boot" and "suit" in the
> plain-speakin', rural, heart-land of America. It rhymes
> with "put" and "soot". Here are some rhyming sets;
> each column has a different ending sound:
>
> boot bout but cot foot fought
> hoot gout cut dot put taught
> loot lout gut got root sought
> moot out hut hot soot thought
> shoot pout jut jot fraught
> toot rout nut lot bought
> rut not wrought
> pot
> rot
I suppose it's always strange to see people deliberately mis-pronounce
words. I tend to assume that when it's done, it's done by mistake.
For example, in the above, all seems fine until root (say, of a tree), is
made to rhyme with soot or foot.
So, I say, no. Root rhymes with roof! Ooops, even that doesn't make it
clear, since those who say that root rhymes with soot probably also say
ruf instead of roooof.
That said, in spite of Prof Seifert's pronouncements here and in print, I
have heard router pronounced raaaoooter in the East Coast, West Coast,
and Hawaii, and virtually all the time. The rare exception has been, in
my experience, from people who were apparently using the term for the
very first time.
And no, I don't say raaaooot 66.
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From laker@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 17:05:20 GMT
Jon Rouse <rousej@postoffice.co.ukx>:
> Curiously the British pronunciation you gave tended to be northern english
> rather than received pronunciation or 'BBC' english. Perhaps you need another
> couple of columns?
Eh? In (say) Yorkshire English, 'rut' and 'foot' would have the same
vowel, [U], but I gave them as [rVt] and [fUt]. 'Room' might be [rUm],
same as 'rum', but I wrote [ru:m]. 'Wrote' would be something like
[ro:t] or [roUt], but I gave a crystalline RP [r@Ut].
I did make a mistake, but it was in using /slashes/ rather than [square
brackets]. I was, of course, discussing phonetics, not phonemics (that
is, the sound made by the words, as opposed to the meaning carried by
the sounds).
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From Jon Rouse <rousej@postoffice.co.ukx>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:45:14 +0100
Markus Laker wrote:
>
> Eh? In (say) Yorkshire English, 'rut' and 'foot' would have the same
> vowel, [U], but I gave them as [rVt] and [fUt].
How on earth do you pronounce rvt? ruhvert?
In the south they would say 'raat' rather than 'rut'.
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From cm@ns.uk1.vbc.net (Chris Mann)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 25 Jul 1997 11:14:40 GMT
Jason V. Robertson~ (jvrobert@sedona.intel.com) wrote:
:
: 'rooter' huh? Funny - it's not spelled that way :)
[Dull mode on]
A networking router (as opposed to the tool you rout with) gets its
name from the word "route" which is taken from the French language
(it's the French word for "road").
I believe that Americans pronounce "route" so that it rhymes with
"out". Brits on the other hand pronounce it "root" which is the same
as the French pronunciation (making allowance for accents etc.)
[Dull mode off]
So, if you're in Germany I suggest you show a little European solidarity
and refuse to bow to American cultural imperialism!
(Insert smileys if humoristically challenged)
Chris (not s
From laker@tcp.co.uk (Markus Laker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 20:21:24 GMT
Jon Rouse <rousej@postoffice.co.ukx>:
> Markus Laker wrote:
> >
> > Eh? In (say) Yorkshire English, 'rut' and 'foot' would have the same
> > vowel, [U], but I gave them as [rVt] and [fUt].
>
> How on earth do you pronounce rvt? ruhvert?
I think we're talking across porpoises here. I'm using a scheme called
ASCII IPA, which aims to express pronunciation in a dialect-independent
way and so avoid exchanges like this:
-- It has the same vowel as 'cup'
-- No, that's the same one as in 'foot'. You mean the vowel in
'loot'.
-- No, that's the vowel in 'book'. You mean the vowel in . . . .
Believe it or not, [V] is a vowel -- it's the one an educated Londoner
(but not necessarily an educated Yorkshireman) uses in 'cup'. You can
find a description of ASCII IPA in our excellent FAQ, which is available
from the usual places, including <ftp://rtfm.mit.edu> and
<http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk>. You can also get a copy by sending me a
blank email message with the words 'make money fast' in the title; my
mailer will respond automatically next time I log on.
> In the south they would say 'raat' rather than 'rut'.
I know. I was born in Saaf Lunnen.
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From mlloyd@baynetworks.takethisout.com (Mark Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:43:20 GMT
Puts a whole new twist on rooting for a team you like!!!
Mark.
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 19:43:30 GMT, peter.williams@hendersons.com.au
(Peter Williams) wrote:
>Mark,
>For the most part I'm with you. Aussies do it the same way as Canadians,
>althought the accent is different. But we say router (rowter) because
>rooter means one who roots. Rooting is having sex in Australia, so it
>all starts to sound a bit rude if you are discussing routers and routing.
>We do however take the most direct route (root) when we are in a
>hurry to get somewhere.
>
>Peter.
>
>
>In article <33cae5a8.5708743@news>, mlloyd@baynetworks.takethisout.com (Mark
>Lloyd) wrote:
>>You might want to travel up to Canada on whatever ROUTE (root) you
>>need to take to get here and check out the COLOUR of the leaves in
>>Autumn. I'm not sure how many METRES it is from where you live but
>>finding the computer CENTRE is not a problem. It's there you will find
>>all our routers (rooters).
>>
>>By the way those leaves can be placed in a vase (vawse) for a nice
>>effect.
>>
>>On Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:11:23 +0200, Stefan Zingg
>><stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM> wrote:
>>
>>>Thank you everybody who answered. I didn't imagine that this dumb
>>>question would lead to such an entertaining thread. Maybe I can
>>>contribute something myself: Looking into the O.E.D. I've found a
>>>possible explanation of the American pronounciation.
>>>
>>>The O.E.D states:
>>>
>>>"route: A way, road, or course; a certain direction taken in travelling
>>>from one place to another" ... etc.
>>>
>>>and then:
>>>
>>>... "beginning of the 18th; from that time down to c 1800 the usual
>>>spelling was rout. The pronunciation ((like "out")), which appears in
>>>early 19th cent. rimes, is still retained in military use, and by many
>>>speakers in the U.S. and Canada."
>>>
>>>Stefan
>>>--
>>> * If you answer with email, please make sure *
>>> * to remove the .BOUNCE.COM from the address! *
>>
>>Mark Lloyd
>>Professional Services
>>Bay Networks Canada
Mark Lloyd
Professional Services
Bay Networks Canada
From bostrows@luna.cas.usf.edu (Ben Ostrowsky)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: 30 Jul 1997 20:15:28 GMT
>>For the most part I'm with you. Aussies do it the same way as Canadians,
>>althought the accent is different. But we say router (rowter) because
>>rooter means one who roots. Rooting is having sex in Australia, so it
>>all starts to sound a bit rude if you are discussing routers and routing.
Right, that settles it. I'm saying 'rooter' from now on.
Ben
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From seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 00:11:02 GMT
In article <5ro7d0$kg0$1@news.usf.edu>, bostrows@luna.cas.usf.edu (Ben
Ostrowsky) wrote:
> >>For the most part I'm with you. Aussies do it the same way as Canadians,
> >>althought the accent is different. But we say router (rowter) because
> >>rooter means one who roots. Rooting is having sex in Australia, so it
> >>all starts to sound a bit rude if you are discussing routers and routing.
>
> Right, that settles it. I'm saying 'rooter' from now on.
>
Indeed! The whole question of 'rooting' performance takes on a new meaning!
It may not be so bad to have a slooooow 'rooter'.
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