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I used to work for a networking start-up and when we were in the US trying - without success - to sell the company we practised over and over saying "roWter" fo
by rwmj 2y ago
I used to work for a networking start-up and when we were in the US trying - without success - to sell the company we practised over and over saying "roWter" for "router" (English pronunciation like "rooter").
- wcarss 2y agoAs a Canadian I read that as "rOATer" for a moment, because the word row rhyming with ow is quite uncommon here -- the row I know is in a boating or a data context.
- dfawcus 2y agoAs a Brit, so did I. That said, a "rotor" would be pronounced as "rOATer" and has a completely different meaning. isn't English fun !
- ninalanyon 2y agoYou never have a row with anyone?
- wisemang 2y agoAs a Canadian, obviously not. (For real though we don’t use that word for argument or whatever.)
- BrandoElFollito 2y agoFunny, I just realised that I say "rooter" in French (because route ("roote") means way, like in English), but I say "rAWter" in English
- ninalanyon 2y agoThere are two words with the same spelling but separate pronunciations in British English: Router (rooter) the thing that routes packets in a newtwork Router (rowter) a machine tool that cuts grooves, etc., in wood or metal.
- BrandoElFollito 2y agoAh, so I pronounce the IT equipment wrong. I guess that "raw-ter" sounds really bad then.