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!