Is router pronounced like:
a) r-oo-ter (rhymes with "scooter")
b) r-out-ter (rhymes with "doubter")

I always thought it was (a) (like the song, "Get your kicks on Route 66"), but I was talking to some guys at a local data center who pronounced it like (b).

According to the Microsoft dictionary it can be pronounced either way, although the audio sample pronounces it like (a) ( http://dictionary.msn.com/find/entry.asp?search=Router ).

b ) for what you're enquiring about :cartman:

The example on the website you reference to is playing their #1, which is pronounced as you hear it.

I say it as "r-out-ter"...

B for me

Well I pronouce it like "B", but the guys I work with from the U.K. pronounce it like "A" :D

Frank

B, and that's how I've always heard it.

Rooter? Sounds like something to do with plumbing...

B!Final Answer Regis!:stickout

Originally posted by ffeingol
but the guys I work with from the U.K. pronounce it like "A" :D

Frank

I'd think they'd pronounce it r-out-tah -maybe that's Boston? :D

Originally posted by Planet Z
Rooter? Sounds like something to do with plumbing...

LOL!!!

Wow, slow news day in the dedicated world?

I've never heard anything but (b). Although I've heard many ways to say "Linux".... or "SQL"....

I didn't know MSFT had a dictionary thing, thanks for the link.

Both ways are used in practice and what you use depends on where you are from. I'm not sure whether one of them is more correct. Here in Sweden the majority seem to be using A - but what do we know... :)

Well, although B is the way Americans say it, I've heard Australians pronounce it both ways, because, according to the meaning of the word, an Australian would pronounce it as A, but some pronounce it as B because thats the way Americans say it.

I say A. It's router like "route" because it makes the route, etymologically speaking, isn't it? But then, who knows...

But, then, I pronounce "Route" like B) above (R-out), not like it is pronounced in the song. "R-oo-t" to me is like "Rooting for a football team" or "Rooting for truffles". Here in America, this word seems to be pronounced both ways.

It's like the creek running behind my house. Is it prounouced "creak" like the noise my door makes, or "crick". I use the latter, my wife the former.

I say it route-r. But I live in the UK :)

Originally posted by freakysid
Well, although B is the way Americans say it, I've heard Australians pronounce it both ways, because, according to the meaning of the word, an Australian would pronounce it as A, but some pronounce it as B because thats the way Americans say it.

I think you might find that Australians, cheeky chaps that they are, might be talking about something else here...;) :D

Originally posted by Chicken

I'd think they'd pronounce it r-out-tah -maybe that's Boston? :D

Yep. Rhymes with chow-dah.

Originally posted by MattF
I say it route-r. But I live in the UK :)

I pronounce it same way (route-r), and I live in Ireland.

Originally posted by ReflexHost_F


I pronounce it same way (route-r), and I live in Ireland.
That doesn't really answer the question, though. How do you pronounce "Route"? :D

I pronounce "Route" roo-t

and "Router" roo-ter

And I'm in the UK.

Originally posted by steve
I think you might find that Australians, cheeky chaps that they are, might be talking about something else here...;) :D

I was about to mention that myself... :D

For the sake of explanation (lets not leave it to ourselves...), "root" is Australian slang for having a bit of a, ahem, "happy monkey dance" (it's a family board, right?). If you were going to call it a "rooter" in Australia, you may get a few giggles.

I've always pronounced it as "r-out-er" because of that, and have never heard it pronounced otherwise to be honest. I've always been under the impression that it depends on how you pronounce the word "route". Unless I'm mistaken, Americans pronounce it as "r-out" whereas those closer to England pronounce it as "root".

Except Australians, of course :D


(and all are generalisations, of course)

.Originally posted by XnHost

That doesn't really answer the question, though. How do you pronounce "Route"? :D The correct pronunciation for route, according to American Engish, is "root" ;)

I vote for A -rooter [although South Indians would say R-oot-eRR! ~LOL~]

A router routes [or is it a r-out-er r-out-s?]

I have lived in Australia and they always say Die for Day and Mite for Mate - it's kinda funny when your colleague greets you with "Gud Die Mite, Huware yeu?"

BTW the Japanese may say lootel because I think they dont have the sound 'R' in their language [if my memory serves me right]

A here ;)

I pronounce it

REW tor
:D get it? (look at my name :stickout )

I also say Linux like, LIEnux, but everyone I know pronounces it lenux, like linen.

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
.The correct pronunciation for route, according to American Engish, is "root" Correct, according to American English? What exactly does that mean? What body of authority has ruled that it is "correct?"

Hmm, I was going to mention that monkey dancing thing too, and say I pronounce it 'row-ter'.. Of course I also pronounce route as 'rowt' anyway so *shrug*

Australians tend to have some of the sloppiest conventions when it comes to speaking.. it's a case of:

"Mate, who give a flying f*** how it's said. You know what the bloody thing is I'm talking about, now piss off and get me one before I do me block"

We're a very straight forward race of people. :D

Greg Moore

Originally posted by JayC
Correct, according to American English? What exactly does that mean? What body of authority has ruled that it is "correct?" As in the Third College Edition of Webster's New World Dictionary of American English copywright 1991.

I know. It's old. Next time I will be sure to include exactly who I'm quoting.
But, I really thought this was an informal discussion :cartman:

Router:
R (like Rrrrr you're getting on my nerves you vile corrupted disk)
ou (like OWW! God d***it you bloody piece of ****!)
t (like the like t in out)
er (see R)

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
As in the Third College Edition of Webster's New World Dictionary of American English copywright 1991.
My point would be that dictionaries are not an authority by which to judge "correct" usage in English; which is rare among European languages in that there is no official codification or document that carries any authority on points of disputed usage. Basically, there's no such thing as "correct." One could argue for "Standard English," but there's no entity with the authority to rule whether that is "correct."

I'll avoid getting into the distinctions between descriptive and prescriptive dictionaries (I'll admit, though, that I'm tempted), and leave it at saying that use of the word "correct" in the sense in which you used it is, well... incorrect. :)

;)

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
As in the Third College Edition of Webster's New World Dictionary of American English copywright 1991.


Does this dictionary also advocate the use of the word copywright? ;)

Originally posted by Planet Z


Does this dictionary also advocate the use of the word copywright? ;) Uhh . . . err . . . Me thinks that word comes from Dennis' Lost Brain Cells Edition of Trying to be like :homer:

*Rushes out to install Spell Checker*

See?? I really DO need my SpellChecker back . . .:bawling:

Router comes from the word rout, not route.

rout-er pronounced as written.

Originally posted by Bogdan
Router comes from the word rout, not route.Hmm... that seems rather unlikely, given that what a router does essentially is to route packets.

Originally posted by JayC
Hmm... that seems rather unlikely, given that what a router does essentially is to route packets. Are you talking about a router, or a router?

:stickout

A

I live in NY and have always pronouced it "rooter," until recently when my uncle (whose native language is italian) corrected me, pronoucing it the other way.


Andrew

I just want to say thanks for everyone's reponses. However, after reading through all of them, I still not sure of the correct pronunciation of "router." :unhappy:

Originally posted by XnHost

That doesn't really answer the question, though. How do you pronounce "Route"? :D This should answer your question. (http://mfile.akamai.com/3171/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/us_wma20/1600/167456_1_02.asx)

Originally posted by akashik
...
We're a very straight forward race of people. :DI know, I've seen the TV commercials for Foster's Beer. :beer:

Originally posted by Bogdan
Router comes from the word rout, not route.Hu? Can you show me where you came up with that one? :confused:

Originally posted by Bogdan
Router comes from the word rout, not route.

I'm 99.999999 (repeat) certain that the two words are unrelated.

I agree we've come no closer to finding out the 'truth' (Mulder says, it's out there). The sentence, "Take Route 66 all the way to New Mexico" (pronounced 'root'), seems to only be said one way, though people don't say the same in all instances. I don't even think there is a rule, but I've caught myself saying r-out/root before, describing the same thing. I can't see many people saying, "Get your kicks on 'r-out' 66..."

My non-college dictionary lists both pronounciations. Me thinks the author of the college ed. went to a raging frat party, was hurting the next moring, and wrote the definition for that one.

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=router

i always pronounced it r-out-er but when i went to dictionary.com it shows a list and the last which applies to this topic shows roo't as how it should be pronounced, the way i've pronounced it is like the definition listed directly above it. i think i will stick to pronouncing it like i have forever :rolleyes: who cares which way is right or wrong, as long as the person you are communicating with has intelligence, i am sure they will understand what you are talking about whether pronounced like A or B :D

afaik its pronounced rooter, never heard it pronounced differently by anyone apart from a few customers who just guessed, in the uk that is.
maybe this is because a router (rowter) is a tool for putting a beveled edge on a piece of timber?

Originally posted by Dahlia
...who cares which way is right or wrong, as long as the person you are communicating with has intelligence, i am sure they will understand what you are talking about whether pronounced like A or B :D

This discussion reminds me of my kids' papers (not my kids, other people's kids). I have to translate English all the time...

"The roil cing was roleen bown the hill."

*gets out red pen*

In case you can't figure it out, this typical example is actually...

"The royal king was rolling down the hill."

After a long time of hearing things murdered, I notice that I...

1) Often murder it myself.
2) Forget the 'right' way to say and write things.

Can't we just point at it and wave our fingers?

MySQL? I allways pronounce this like 'MySeeQuil' and I hate it when I hear My S,Q,L ...Why can you just say SEEQUIL?

SQL - Seequil not the letters S,Q,L ... anyone else pronouce it like this?

I pronounce router like it sounds: Route - R

I think it would sound funny if you said Router as ROOTER.
Any other thoughts?

Originally posted by phpjames
MySQL? I allways pronounce this like 'MySeeQuil' and I hate it when I hear My S,Q,L ...Why can you just say SEEQUIL?
[...]
I pronounce router like it sounds: Route - R The point remains: that description is meaningless, because different people pronouce "route" differently.

As for MySQL, the documentation states that the correct way to say it is "My-S-Q-L." Unlike the prior discussion of the English language, there is a valid meaning of "correct" here: it's their product, they get to name it.

From MySQL.com -

The official way to pronounce MySQL is ``My Ess Que Ell'' (not MY-SEQUEL). But we try to avoid correcting people who say MY-SEQUEL.


DAMNIT! :angry:

OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK :D

Originally posted by phpjames
MySQL? I allways pronounce this like 'MySeeQuil' and I hate it when I hear My S,Q,L ...Why can you just say SEEQUIL?
...Gee phpjames... I'm wondering how you pronounce "PHP"?

If you pronounce it rooter they might think you're a plumber. :)

Hello All,

The IT industry has contributed a number of words to the English language [if indeed there is a single entity that can be called English nowadays!], and distorted or completely taken away the automatic associations of many common words:

Bug no longer reminds one of insects or boot of the shoe; ram is not a verb anymore; viruses are software programs and hosts are not inn-keepers but ded server owners! I think as long as we understand each other we should consider ourselves lucky...

Cheers
GB
[BTW I have never had to pronounce router or SQL or Linux, being computer illeterate, but I am inclined to vote for A! ]