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West Lawns⚡️How do you say: 'router'?
(The electronic device, not the wood working tool or horse)
#Poll #Boost #Pronunciation
| Roo-ter like rooster | |
| Row-ter like outer | |
| Roy-ster like Roy Rogers | |
| Something else, comment. |
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Dean F.@WestLawns Roo-tay!
Thomas Beagle@WestLawns I was ruined by working on manufacturing software many years ago, where we had to talk about product "routes" and no one could face saying "roots" all the time.
Of course, this is the same software than had a "Cum Cnt" field ... that's a cumulative count, of course.
Don Hawkins - W7DAH
Jigme Datse@WestLawns Oh dang, I have a problem telling the difference between #woodworking and #networking tools... I can't really say what I say, because ideally they are pronounced differently, but I just fail terribly.
PalmAndNeedle@WestLawns Oberfräse :p alt: Höllenmaschine
luccamerel@WestLawns it depends on the language 😆
farhaven 🇪🇺@WestLawns I pronounce both the same way.
Paul Wilde 
@WestLawns if it's a device used to route (root) traffic, I call it a roo-ter
If it's a device used to rout (row-t) hollow channels in hard materials I call it a row-ter
I think that pretty much clears it up 😄
Adrian W@WestLawns Depends - are we talking networking equipment or woodworking tools?
There’s probably also a UK-US pronunciation thing to take into account too.
echarlie@adrianww @WestLawns Interestingly, I think most americans say root to refer to a road (Route 66) but an internet route is pronounced like "a disorganized loss and retreat"
@notecharlie @WestLawns Which is weird, considering that they’re basically the same thing.
I don’t really know but think roo-ter might still be the most common pronunciation for an internet/network router here in the UK, with row-ter being used for the woodworking tool. But rowt/rowter might be becoming more common through US media influence.
Ah, the wonders of the tangled mess that is the English language!
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