OT why do the Brits pronounce router like its spelled?

Post #53,421 by boxley 9/26/02 9:44:35 PM Reply	OT why do the Brits pronounce router like its spelled? "rooter" over here we call it rowter do you travel a root or rowt the competition? thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] qui mori didicit servire dedidicit
Post #53,453 by pwhysall 9/27/02 2:35:19 AM Reply	Re: OT why do the Brits pronounce router like its spelled? A "rooter" is a thing that sends TCP packets hither and yon. A "rowter" is a thing you use in woodworking. A "rowt" happened at Waterloo. As usual, it's not why we pronounce something the way we do - that is, after all, the correct pronunciation by default. The question is, why do the Americans pronounce it wrongly? Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #53,459 by Ashton 9/27/02 5:40:52 AM Reply	[cackle] - Yup. Route 66 (famous dead Murican hiway) - it Should be a 'rooter'. router - yep, a thingie for making woodchips of a perfectly nice piece of wood. rout - what happened to US in Vietnam (though we killed a Lot more of them while we were being ousted) Arrgggghhh - then we have bow (both ways), bough, boffing (swords) Gotta find the link I have somewhere, allegedly a kinda final exam for wannabe diplomats: a one-page compilation of all the above type homonyms and idioms and the other stuff that drives English-as-a-Second Language folks batty. Then the spelling.. NIFE as knife !?! But NITE as night \| knight Nope, Give Me a Break doesn't work re English or Murican ranguage.

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