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Wielebny Posted 21 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Router pron.
I hope it hasn't beem discussed yet ("search" found nothing).
How should - in your opinion - the word "ROUTER" be pronounced propely?
- with a long "u", like in "loot" (as if you read the word "rooter")
- more like "out"
The obvious meaning link with the verb "to route" used to convince me to choose the "oo" version, but I keep hearing people pronounce it with "out".
What do you think about that?
How should - in your opinion - the word "ROUTER" be pronounced propely?
- with a long "u", like in "loot" (as if you read the word "rooter")
- more like "out"
The obvious meaning link with the verb "to route" used to convince me to choose the "oo" version, but I keep hearing people pronounce it with "out".
What do you think about that?
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I believe this is another case of continental divide b/w the UK and the US : - britons would pronounce it as it 'root' - americans would pronounce it as it 'out'. So it all depends on what you want to pass for
- I believe this is another case of continental divide b/w the UK and the US : - britons would pronounce it as it 'root' - americans would pronounce it as it 'out'.
- So it all depends on what you want to pass for
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I believe this is another case of continental divide b/w the UK and the US :
- britons would pronounce it as it 'root'
- americans would pronounce it as it 'out'.
So it all depends on what you want to pass for
- britons would pronounce it as it 'root'
- americans would pronounce it as it 'out'.
So it all depends on what you want to pass for
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There are two pronunciations in British English depending upon context:
• If referring to machining operations such as hollowing out, cutting grooves etc the pronuciation is ROWTER (rhymes with 'doubter', 'flouter' and the like).
• If referring to the device for moving packets of information in computer operations the pronunciation is ROOTER (rhymes with 'hooer', 'scooter' and
• If referring to machining operations such as hollowing out, cutting grooves etc the pronuciation is ROWTER (rhymes with 'doubter', 'flouter' and the like).
• If referring to the device for moving packets of information in computer operations the pronunciation is ROOTER (rhymes with 'hooer', 'scooter' and
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I used to teach IT software engineers, and they pronounced it as ROWTER (rhymes with "doubter"). I think it's really a matter of personal preference.
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I worked for years in IT in the U.S., and the only pronunciation I ever heard was the one that rhymes with doubter. (This applies to AmE only.)
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The solution is really quite simple:
The machining device for cutting grooves, pronounced rOWter, was invented long before the IT device.
In the UK, the IT device is pronounced rOOter to reflect its use and its relation to 'route'.
In the US, the word rOWter was applied to the IT device simply because it already existed that way, oblivious of its meaning.
The machining device for cutting grooves, pronounced rOWter, was invented long before the IT device.
In the UK, the IT device is pronounced rOOter to reflect its use and its relation to 'route'.
In the US, the word rOWter was applied to the IT device simply because it already existed that way, oblivious of its meaning.
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An interesting theory. Do you think that in the UK, they didn't have those machines that cut grooves, so they started fresh? Why would only the US call it a ROWTer based on prior use?
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About 7 years ago, I met several IT vendors from the UK. All of them say rOOter, but interestingly, all of them immediately remarked that the Amercians pronounced the word as rOWter! I guess the reason was that they had met many people that didn't understand what a rOOter is.
Will the British one day adopt the pronunciation of rOWter just like you always write "computer program" inst
Will the British one day adopt the pronunciation of rOWter just like you always write "computer program" inst
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Will the British one day adopt the pronunciation of rOWterIt is devoutly to be hoped that they will one day come to their senses, yes!
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Pter I guess the reason was that they had met many people that didn't understand what a rOOter is.Yeah... they need a roota and Americans give 'em a rowder.
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But how do you say this?
The default route in the routing table is the shortest route.
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