ineedsleepsJun 17
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every once in a while a Brit comments on one of my videos & makes fun of me for pronouncing router “row-ter” which is fine & funny, but once a guy said it with such vitriol i felt i had to respond with “i don’t speak colonizer” which then led to both of us arguing over whose country sucks more lmfao
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Show threadNonoJun 17
@tracketpacer damn, as a french (native) speaker, I'm always saying root-er 😱
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasJun 17
@Nono @tracketpacer for us a rooter is the thing used to clear clogged drain pipes. For external drain pipes the clog is typically tree roots forcing their way into the pipes anyway.
Show threadNonoJun 17
@hyc @tracketpacer I can't picture it, do you have an image of that ? 🤔
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasJun 17
@Nono @tracketpacer https://www.1tomplumber.com/what-is-a-rooter/
What Is a Rooter & Why Drain Rooting Matters | 1-Tom-Plumber

A drain rooter service uses a rooter to clear tree roots in sewer lines. We answer, "What is a rooter?", "Why is it important?", and more!

1 Tom Plumber
Show threadC++ Wage SlaveJun 17

@Nono

Then you're pronouncing it à l'anglaise. In the UK, the device that transmits IP packets has a name whose first syllable sounds like "root"; if the first syllable rhymes with "lout" then it's a woodworking tool.

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Show threadNonoJun 17
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Damn it, I (mis)pronounce both the same way 😅
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Show threadMatt Hardy 3.11 for WorkgroupsJun 17
@tracketpacer As a Brit, the US pronunciation makes me think of a woodworking tool. It was easy to argue that the UK pronunciation should be preferred to avoid confusion until an Australian (I think it was @riskybusiness) pointed out how root sounds down under.
Show threadLeszek CiesielskiJun 17

@technicaladept @tracketpacer @riskybusiness I worked in London on API Router team with an Australian gal. She was very particular about the pronunciation, explaining that one means "path routing" and the other sounds like "wild boars rutting".

I just can't for the life of me remember which one was which 🤣

Show threadA wizard did it Jun 17
@tracketpacer "root-er" is a worse pronunciation imo.
Show threadJason Petersen (he)Jun 17

@tracketpacer up until the twenty first century I think they’re unambiguously the worst country on earth.

Even after that, nearly all of the world’s geopolitical problems stem from things they did, though obviously America is trying to catch up.

Show threadSJun 17
@tracketpacer Huh, that's weird. I'm Swedish (therefore just guessing wildly when it comes to English) and I've always thought it was "row-ter" based on the difference between 'root' and 'route'. Or do British say "Root 66" as well?
Show threadFrank 🛩️🪂⛵🚲🛵🎿🔭Jun 17
@seq @tracketpacer Everyone I ever heard saying "Route 66" said /ruːt sɪksti sɪks/ (aka "root sixtysix")
And I also say router like /ˈruːtər/ ("rooter")... but I understand when someone says /ˈraʊtər/ and I do not comment on that anymore... damn, what am I doing...?! I'm gone 💨
Show threadSJun 17
@frank Are you British?
Show threadFrank 🛩️🪂⛵🚲🛵🎿🔭Jun 17
@seq German. My first English teacher at school favoured (!) British English. German TV documentaries and stuff also say "Route 66" as "root", perhaps because it's pronounced similarly in German as "Route" /ˈʁuːtə/ ("root eh") which originates from French. So... although I watch a lot of American movies and shows, the words "route" and "router" either never come up or I just ignore the pronunciation. (Maybe "Mr. Robot" ... can't remember.) And I guess I mix it up anyway.
Show threadSebastian Hagedorn Jun 17
@seq @tracketpacer That's also the way it's pronounced in the song of the same name.
Show threadSJun 17
@hagedose68 I'm aware of that, but that artist is not British.
Show threadAnt NewmanJun 17
@tracketpacer *coloniser
Show threadb3lt3rJun 17

@tracketpacer as a Brit I say "rooter" but understand language is flexible and changes so have no issue with "rowter", or even "aluminum" - it sounds "wrong" but I know what the user meant so move on.

My approach tries to be - when in Rome etc... If an American asked me about my car I'd happily refer to the bonnet as a hood knowing they would then understand.

Of all the things fucked up in the current world - this ain't the hill to die on ffs :-)

Show threadNorman WilsonJun 17
@b3lt3r @tracketpacer I have an issue with auminum. Aluminum and aluminium are both fine, though.
Show threadb3lt3rJun 17
@oclsc @tracketpacer lol - fair point - updated now thanks to the mighty Mastodon edit button - all praise to John Mastodon
Show threadNorman WilsonJun 17
@b3lt3r @tracketpacer Worth his weight in element 13!
Show threadNorman WilsonJun 17
@tracketpacer Now do laboratory.
Show thread2xfoJun 17
@oclsc @tracketpacer
Labradory
Show threadNorman WilsonJun 17
@RnDanger @tracketpacer That's a dog.
Show thread2xfoJun 17
@oclsc @tracketpacer
I thought it was a peninsula
Show threadNorman WilsonJun 17
@RnDanger @tracketpacer Always this obsession with landmass genitals.
Show threadadbJun 17
@tracketpacer “No, my country sucks even worse than yours!”
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Jun 17
@tracketpacer As a Brit I say Math partly because it’s linguistically correct but mostly because I know it annoys other Brits
Show threadSimon Jun 18
@tracketpacer @RobeeShepherd but do you say it in an American accent too? 😀
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Jun 18
@staustellsimon @tracketpacer No I use a northern accent to further annoy my fellow southerners
Show threadChris FordJun 17

@tracketpacer in Australia we seem to have split the technology use of the words from the general usage

Thing that moves packets: 'rowter'
Path the packets take: 'rowt'

The path Google Maps suggests to get to the shops: 'root'

Show threadAnnaJun 18
@tracketpacer I am Australian, it is a row-ter... Who says roo-ter?? A rooter in Australia is someone having sex 🤣🤣