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correct pronunciation of "router"??
Howard_Casto:
It depends upon the usage of the word.
route 66 is "root 66"
Which route are your going to take? is "rought" (like drought)
Router is taken from the second phrase. I believe it's latin and is indeed pronounced "roughter". Only foreign people and canadians pronounce it "rooter", because a rooter is another tool used to clean the crap out of sewage pipes. ;)
So to finish up.....
rooter= specialized plumbing snake
router= tool to carve paths, or "routes" in wood
any american who pronounces router as "rooter"= misguided person in need of speech therapy
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 02, 2004, 09:18:54 am ---Router is taken from the second phrase. I believe it's latin and is indeed pronounced "roughter".
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ruffter ???
Sorry, just picking on Howard C.
I've always heard it row(rhymes with cow)-ter.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Sasquatch! on February 01, 2004, 09:29:09 pm ---The British that I know pronouce it "rooter". (This is when talking about the networking kind, but I would imagine this probably applies to the woodworking kind too.)
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Yes and no. The Queen says Rooter for networks, Row-ter for woodwork :)
mr.Curmudgeon:
And if you are ever in the New England area (US) then it's pronounced, "Ra-tah".
(long a's as in "ah!") ;D
So in a sentence it would be, "I pahked my cah right outside the ra-tah stah, now I'm off to the stah mahket for some chowda!"
Brax:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 02, 2004, 09:18:54 am ---Only foreign people and canadians pronounce it "rooter", because a rooter is another tool used to clean the crap out of sewage pipes. ;)
any american who pronounces router as "rooter"= misguided person in need of speech therapy
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Canadians in general do NOT say "rooter".
I agree with Americans needing speech therapy though. Just ask the average American to say Baton Rouge or Notre Dame.....