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I would just pronounce it like "coke" and it would just sidestep the whole pronunciation issue. I'm not sure how most people pronounce it but that's what I woul

I would just pronounce it like "coke" and it would just sidestep the whole pronunciation issue. I'm not sure how most people pronounce it but that's what I would do to talk to my boss about it.

logicchains 9y ago
I refer to it as "the See Oh Queue theorem proover" at work, which seems to get the idea across.
taneq 9y ago
This is the precise reason why "route" is pronouced "root" but "router" is mysteriously pronounced "raow-ter". No-one's gonna stand in front of a room full of people and talk about the "rooter".
- polymeris 9y ago
  Huh, TIL. As a non-native English speaker, I have always pronounced "route" as "raowt", probably influenced by the pronunciation of "router". Btw, why is it "pronUnciation", but "pronOUced". English is hard.
  - jamesrcole 9y ago
    > Btw, why is it "pronUnciation", but "pronOUced" In Australian English, it is "pronOUNCiation"
    - tome 9y ago
      A quick Google didn't supply any supporting evidence. Do you know of a reference?
      - jamesrcole 9y ago
        That that's how it's pronounced in Australia? I don't know of any specific reference, it's just what I know from being familiar with Australian pronounciation (it's where I was born and live). BTW, in case there has been some confusion here, since the topic was how things were said, I have been assuming this is what the person I was replying to was talking about, not spelling.
        tome 9y ago
        Ah thanks, I thought you were saying it was spelled with "ou".
- grzm 9y ago
  > "This is the precise reason why "route" is pronouced "root" Actually, this varies with dialect. Route can be pronounced either way: |ˈrüt| or |ˈrau̇t| https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26.html https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26...
quickthrower2 9y ago
"I'm a coke user boss, have you ever tried it? If I have a hard problem it really focuses the mind."
dllthomas 9y ago
My favorite quote on the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10728995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10728995

I would just pronounce it like "coke" and it would just sidestep the whole pronunciation issue. I'm not sure how most people pronounce it but that's what I would do to talk to my boss about it.

logicchains 9y ago

I refer to it as "the See Oh Queue theorem proover" at work, which seems to get the idea across.

taneq 9y ago

This is the precise reason why "route" is pronouced "root" but "router" is mysteriously pronounced "raow-ter". No-one's gonna stand in front of a room full of people and talk about the "rooter".

polymeris 9y ago
Huh, TIL. As a non-native English speaker, I have always pronounced "route" as "raowt", probably influenced by the pronunciation of "router". Btw, why is it "pronUnciation", but "pronOUced". English is hard.
- jamesrcole 9y ago
  > Btw, why is it "pronUnciation", but "pronOUced" In Australian English, it is "pronOUNCiation"
  - tome 9y ago
    A quick Google didn't supply any supporting evidence. Do you know of a reference?
    - jamesrcole 9y ago
      That that's how it's pronounced in Australia? I don't know of any specific reference, it's just what I know from being familiar with Australian pronounciation (it's where I was born and live). BTW, in case there has been some confusion here, since the topic was how things were said, I have been assuming this is what the person I was replying to was talking about, not spelling.
      - tome 9y ago
        Ah thanks, I thought you were saying it was spelled with "ou".
grzm 9y ago
> "This is the precise reason why "route" is pronouced "root" Actually, this varies with dialect. Route can be pronounced either way: |ˈrüt| or |ˈrau̇t| https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/route https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26.html https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_26...

quickthrower2 9y ago

"I'm a coke user boss, have you ever tried it? If I have a hard problem it really focuses the mind."

dllthomas 9y ago

My favorite quote on the topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10728995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10728995