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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
router
Hi,
router - a very popular IT/networking related term
Dictionaries usually give two possible pronunciations for this word -
['ru:t?r] and ['rauter].
I hear ['rauter] is more common in AmEng.
Which pronunciation do YOU usually hear in your office/area?
Curiously, I have never heard my fellow countrymen pronounce this term other than ['router]...
Who knows... perhaps this third pronunciation too can sometimes be heard in some English speaking countries/communities?...
thank you!
mus-te
router - a very popular IT/networking related term
Dictionaries usually give two possible pronunciations for this word -
['ru:t?r] and ['rauter].
I hear ['rauter] is more common in AmEng.
Which pronunciation do YOU usually hear in your office/area?
Curiously, I have never heard my fellow countrymen pronounce this term other than ['router]...
Who knows... perhaps this third pronunciation too can sometimes be heard in some English speaking countries/communities?...
thank you!
mus-te
Top answer
Hmm. r] and ['rauter] ). I don't believe I've ever said it aloud.
- Hmm.
- r] and ['rauter] ).
- I don't believe I've ever said it aloud.
- For the edging/engraving tool, however, I always say ['rauter].
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Hmm. I think I say both in my mind ( ['ru:t?r] and ['rauter] ). I don't believe I've ever said it aloud. For the edging/engraving tool, however, I always say ['rauter].
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MUSCOVITEnetworking related termIt's always ['rauter] ( actually ['ra???] ) here in Silcon Valley, and they ought to know! They make them! (AmE)
(The ? is a tapped r that sounds a lot like a d.)
CJ
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