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How do you say "router"?

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I say: RiZouter

and don't brits pronounce Aluminum: AL YOU MIN EEE UM
they like to add a new syllable to it

NOOK YOU LAR
 
Originally posted by: lozina
I say: RiZouter

and don't brits pronounce Aluminum: AL YOU MIN EEE UM
they like to add a new syllable to it

NOOK YOU LAR
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That's because it's spelt with the 2nd i, aluminium.

There was a thread a few weeks back on this, and links were posted about the history of aluminium, and not sorry to say it, but you Americans have got it wrong on this one.


Confused
 
Us Brits spell aluminium like that, US peoples spell if aluminum.

The correct spelling (scientifically accepted) is aluminium - the British way, and hence their pronunciation is correct. We stick in the I, so it ends like Barium, Cadmium etc (Cadm-ium, Bar-ium, Alumin-ium), rather than like the stoopid American way 😛.

We do spell sulphur with a PH rather than the scientifically accepted Sulfur, but this does not change the pronunciation, so it's OK 😛

And its root-er (like tree root)
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Us Brits spell aluminium like that, US peoples spell if aluminum.

The correct spelling (scientifically accepted) is aluminium - the British way, and hence their pronunciation is correct. We stick in the I, so it ends like Barium, Cadmium etc (Cadm-ium, Bar-ium, Alumin-ium), rather than like the stoopid American way 😛.

We do spell sulphur with a PH rather than the scientifically accepted Sulfur, but this does not change the pronunciation, so it's OK 😛

And its root-er (like tree root)
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Stoopid?
 
Alright, I'm hijacking this thread:

How do you pronounce ASP: A. S. P. or assp
IDE: I. D. E. or id (as in identification)
 
From dictionary.com

route: (root) <networking> The sequence of hosts, routers, bridges, gateways, and other devices that network traffic takes, or could take, from its source to its destination. As a verb, to determine the link down which to send a packet, that will minimise its total journey time according to some routeing algorithm.

router (routr): One that routs, especially a machine tool that mills out the surface of metal or wood.

As you can see, you damn British folk have no idea what you are talking about. I mean, come on. Rooter. What kind of moron actually says rooter.
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Originally posted by: Kyteland
From dictionary.com

route: (root) <networking> The sequence of hosts, routers, bridges, gateways, and other devices that network traffic takes, or could take, from its source to its destination. As a verb, to determine the link down which to send a packet, that will minimise its total journey time according to some routeing algorithm.

router (routr): One that routs, especially a machine tool that mills out the surface of metal or wood.

As you can see, you damn British folk have no idea what you are talking about. I mean, come on. Rooter. What kind of moron actually says rooter.
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Here is some answers from 1997 to your question.!

When in America, speaking with an American accent, you say
"Raow-ter" Sounds like the word "OUT"

When in Europe, or when speaking with any accent other than
American, you say "Roooo-ter"

In America, we have a 24-hour plumber company called
Roto-Rooter (they unclog your toilet 24 hours a day)
so I think we are loathe to call one of our $100,000
products a "rooter."

Hope that helps!

From Marina Smith
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
Subject: Re: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 18:08:24 GMT

As others have said, in the USA it's rout as in out, in the UK it's
root as in toot. Beware, however, in Australia you MUST use the
American pronounciation - root is a rude word!


From szarka@brazerko.com (Szarka)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,alt.usage.english
Subject: How do you pronounce "router"?
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 97 20:09:12 -0500

st> From: Stefan Zingg <stefan@stefan.imp.com.BOUNCE.COM>
st> I'm living in a German speaking country, and so I'm not sure how to
st> correctly pronounce "router". I've heard both versions: like "route"
st> or like "rout". Which one is common in US or UK? (Logically I tend to
st> "route", but I'm the minority.)

The problem, of course, is that "route" is pronounced both ways, usually
depending on context. (At least here in the States.) "Route 66" (a
famous U.S. highway) is pronounced with the same vowel sound as "root"
or the French "roux"--not unlike the German vowel =F6 (o with umlaut).
However, a "postal route" or "newspaper route" is pronounced like "rout"
(i.e., the same vowel sound as in "round"). It is this latter
pronunciation that is used when speaking about "routing" packets using a
"router". (At least here in the States.)

A friend and I faced this problem a few months back when having a
conversation with a Dutch friend; at first we could figure out what this
"rooter" he was talking about must be! 🙂

Incidently, a now archaic meaning of "route" that actually fits the
situation quite well is that of marching orders given to a military
unit. If you like to think of TCP/IP packets as little soldiers under
your command... 😉 That would also be pronounced with the "rout" or
"round" vowel sound.


... Well... Spam, eggs, sausage, and Spam. That's not got much Spam.


http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/RRZ/Personal/WCirsovius/FUN/PronounceRouter.html
 
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