Hey Guys,

How do you pronounce "routing"

"Rau-thing' or "roo-thing"

Which is correct??

Thanks.

I always though it was rout-ing.

rooting. as it is performed by a rooter which sends data along routes.
rawting is performed by a rawter which puts edges on wood.
theres always someone different but thats the way its been said by the vast majority of people ive spoken too.

Question: Do your routers "send [packets] fleeing in disorderly array" -- or do they "send [packets] towards/along the correct route"?

If it's the first case, then your router is a rout-er; if it is the second, then it is a root-er.

Thanks guys.

So RotoRooter (http://www.rotorooter.com/) actually does packet routing? :D Or sniffing?

rau-ting, unless you're in England... leave it to England to mess up the english language.. Sheesh... :dunce:

I think cperciva is correct. I lookup the BBC Dictionary and it says:

Rout = raut...... router=rauter, routing=rauting
Route = ruit....... router=ruiter, routing=ruiting

Thanks again

"Rau-thing" is the way I go for the word. The English language is messed up over here, so I've no idea if that pronouciation is American or British English :D

It's roo-ting.

As per Aussie joke: "I'm going down to Sydney for the weekend" - "Oh yeah which route are you going to take?" - "Oh I thought I'd take the wife - she stayed with me through the drought...".

rauting is the american way of saying it

rooting is the british way of saying it.

obviously english british is correct, the americans just decided to mangle it all a bit.

Not necessarily XTStrike

If you study the difference btw English either side of the pond you find that in the vast majority of the cases it's the usage of English over there that stood still. In the US they're speaking just like their forefathers did and it's the Brits that decided to alter (or mangle!) their language.

we invented your damn country now behave unless you want a rematchon the old independance issue ! ;)
but seriously, to route in the wood sense and the packet sense are two very seperate things and the correct pronuciation no matter how many people try and make it otherwise is rooting. the last time i checked cisco didnt list putting a curved edge on as a feature of their routers :) the packets remain the same shape.

how about we all just call it: couteau. its french for router according to google's language tool. go french! :P just kidding, we all know USA is better. =]

Originally posted by LogicBrendan
how about we all just call it: couteau. its french for router according to google's language tool. go french!

I've heard French people calling them "routeur"s.

I pronounce it row-ting.. :p

Originally posted by richy
we invented your damn country now behave unless you want a rematchon the old independance issue ! ;)
but seriously, to route in the wood sense and the packet sense are two very seperate things and the correct pronuciation no matter how many people try and make it otherwise is rooting. the last time i checked cisco didnt list putting a curved edge on as a feature of their routers :) the packets remain the same shape.


Lets not go into this again? You invented our damn country? No no, we revoluted from you guys. Along with the French we owned your asses.

It's most definatley rau-ting, performed by a rau-ter.

Hmmm, well my Cisco rep says rau-ting and rau-ter... leave the damn roo-ting to pigs looking for truffles and septic services, and don't be roo-ting thru my drawers!

Originally posted by richy
we invented your damn country now behave unless you want a rematchon the old independance issue ! ;)
but seriously, to route in the wood sense and the packet sense are two very seperate things and the correct pronuciation no matter how many people try and make it otherwise is rooting. the last time i checked cisco didnt list putting a curved edge on as a feature of their routers :) the packets remain the same shape.

Rematch? Well, if there was one, it would most likely be a naval war. Either the U.S. or British fleets would have to be destroyed before a land invasion could begin.

First, let’s take a look at the statistics:

UNITED STATES NAVY:
Aircraft Carriers:
- 9 Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers (USS Ronald Reagan won’t be commissioned until May 2003. 8 operational carriers total)
- 1 Enterprise class Aircraft Carrier
- 1 John F. Kennedy class Aircraft Carrier
- 2 Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carriers
-------
Total: 13 Aircraft Carriers (12 fully operational)

Number of Planes in Naval Air Wings:
- Approximately 85 aircraft per carrier
-------
Total: 1105 planes (13 aircraft carriers. 1020 fully operational)

=================================

BRITISH ROYAL NAVY:
Aircraft Carriers:
- 3 Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers
-------
Total: 3 Aircraft Carriers

Number of Planes in Quartered:
- 21 aircraft per carrier
Total: 63 planes


Now, that is just for aircraft carriers. The Royal Navy isn’t what it used to be. In fact, in the 1980s, Parliament tried to scrape all the aircraft carriers because they felt it was a waste of money.

The U.S. Navy is a “blue water” navy. The entire infrastructure is built to respond any where world wide. In fact, I believe the Navy can respond to any major event in the world within 3 days.

Looks like the British would lose this one. =)

Back to the issue at hand....

I believe XTStrike is right. However, I believe the original phrase was coined in America when the Internet was born. Not sure.

Why would you call it a rooter? A rauter doesn't root, it rauts. ;)

A root is something you drive on, not what a rauter does.

Route = road or direction taken
root = part of a tree
router = device for networking


=)

Route (noun) = road or direction taken
Route (verb) = Send along the correct route
Rout (verb) = Send fleeing in disorderly array

As I said, your routers might rout, by my routers route.

Well, out of curiosity I decided to do a google search to see what would come up. Apparently no one agrees on how it's pronounced :D

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

Clearly rooter.

It's not as if i'm gonna put a 5k router over a bit of wood

exatly terry lol

RAU-TER

:D

Originally posted by adminME
RAU-TER
Thank you. ;)

Damn, I didn't know you were a military geek.
interesting info by the way.

Originally posted by TradeViceroy


Rematch? Well, if there was one, it would most likely be a naval war. Either the U.S. or British fleets would have to be destroyed before a land invasion could begin.

First, let’s take a look at the statistics:

UNITED STATES NAVY:
Aircraft Carriers:
- 9 Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers (USS Ronald Reagan won’t be commissioned until May 2003. 8 operational carriers total)
- 1 Enterprise class Aircraft Carrier
- 1 John F. Kennedy class Aircraft Carrier
- 2 Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carriers
-------
Total: 13 Aircraft Carriers (12 fully operational)

Number of Planes in Naval Air Wings:
- Approximately 85 aircraft per carrier
-------
Total: 1105 planes (13 aircraft carriers. 1020 fully operational)

=================================

BRITISH ROYAL NAVY:
Aircraft Carriers:
- 3 Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers
-------
Total: 3 Aircraft Carriers

Number of Planes in Quartered:
- 21 aircraft per carrier
Total: 63 planes


Now, that is just for aircraft carriers. The Royal Navy isn’t what it used to be. In fact, in the 1980s, Parliament tried to scrape all the aircraft carriers because they felt it was a waste of money.

The U.S. Navy is a “blue water” navy. The entire infrastructure is built to respond any where world wide. In fact, I believe the Navy can respond to any major event in the world within 3 days.

Looks like the British would lose this one. =)

Damn, I didn't know you to be a military geek.
interesting info by the way.

Originally posted by TradeViceroy


Rematch? Well, if there was one, it would most likely be a naval war. Either the U.S. or British fleets would have to be destroyed before a land invasion could begin.

First, let’s take a look at the statistics:

UNITED STATES NAVY:
Aircraft Carriers:
- 9 Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers (USS Ronald Reagan won’t be commissioned until May 2003. 8 operational carriers total)
- 1 Enterprise class Aircraft Carrier
- 1 John F. Kennedy class Aircraft Carrier
- 2 Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carriers
-------
Total: 13 Aircraft Carriers (12 fully operational)

Number of Planes in Naval Air Wings:
- Approximately 85 aircraft per carrier
-------
Total: 1105 planes (13 aircraft carriers. 1020 fully operational)

=================================

BRITISH ROYAL NAVY:
Aircraft Carriers:
- 3 Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers
-------
Total: 3 Aircraft Carriers

Number of Planes in Quartered:
- 21 aircraft per carrier
Total: 63 planes


Now, that is just for aircraft carriers. The Royal Navy isn’t what it used to be. In fact, in the 1980s, Parliament tried to scrape all the aircraft carriers because they felt it was a waste of money.

The U.S. Navy is a “blue water” navy. The entire infrastructure is built to respond any where world wide. In fact, I believe the Navy can respond to any major event in the world within 3 days.

Looks like the British would lose this one. =)

And you call the British pompous???


If the American's are so great - why didn't they stop the WTC?

I'm pretty sure that Britain could stand up to any threat against the USA, lets be honest that America is pretty hated at the moment.

This is all unrealistic and I don't want to debate the WTC so don't reply to that comment as it will go on forever.

Onto the topic - it's pronounced Routing since we invented the world wide web, we win :)

I've been pronounsing it "raut-er" and "raut-ing" as everyone else in my networking class did. I never even considered "rooting". "rooting" to me in networking would be what you do as "root" :) I see your point though, since English is my second language.

It should be rooting. Like it was said your packets take a route through the router. It's not as if we ever say raowt.

rawting belongs in woodwork :)

i always just pronounced it "route" - "ing" . As far as that comment about the UK standing up to america and the WTC comment was completely uncalled for . Our people lost lives , even some of your people lost lives . People dont hate america , they hate the culture and are jealous of the power and magnitude of this country . America has grown to what it is by strength and intelligence . People will always be jealous of what they dont have or have never accomplished .

Call it uncalled if you wish, i'm just fed up of the "American owning the world" culture. People lost lives and I feel sad for that, however it highlighted America shouldn't be so stuck up in thinking it is so godly and owns the world and really isn't all that invincible. Perhaps Bush should sort out his own country first before trying to interfere in others?

You can victimise me for having my opinions if you must, however their is a great sense of pride for our country and we like to defend it when some hillbillies decide to belittle it. It doesn't matter how big your guns are, you still shoot eachother up all day :rolleyes:.

People will be proud of their countries but clearly when a language called English was English first (the irony), then it should be spelt and pronounced in English. (true modern English that is).

Terry: You're off topic

However you're completely right

Seems like Bush and the whole US are still looking for a wake up call...

who said america owned the world , who ever thought that . I know me being in this country my entire life , being american as well , i have never thought that my country was better then anyone elses or that america owned everything . Basically what you are doing is stereotyping every american , which is extremely ignorant . I have no idea what "america owns the world culture" is or what you are talking about , but it seems to have been another ignorant statement . People in this country have worked hard to obtain what they have , not to say any harder then what other countries have done . Some have along way to go still . and thats fine though . I dont care what country someone is from , the thought of "i came from a better country" nevers crosses my mind . I notice you make reference to "hillbillies" , once again , another ignorant statement . Not everyone in america is a hillbilly , you and i both know that , yes we have some , but dont act like your society is so much more elite , throughout the human race , there will be under achievers , and people labeled (hillbillies) . Gun Violence is a bad thing , it may happen more in the USA , but considering we have how many more people and large cities in this country then lets say England or the entire UK for that matter ? As far as things being spelt and pronouced in true modern english , thats a nice thought , but its also safe to say , there are more people speaking english in America then anywhere else . I have no problems with people speaking in different dialects . Take for instance , the spanish language . Of course the spaniards developed . Now people in Mexico , Cuba , Puerto Rico , and lets say Chile for instance, all of these countries have there own dialect of the spanish language , are they wrong for doing that, of course not , this has been happening throughout history and will continue . People will speak the same languages in different formats forever . Anyways , every country has there problems , and i dont care to debate who is better , thats kids games . Only thing i know is , we already beat you in a war , and you're talking crap on an AMERICAN owned forum .

i apologize for going off topic , i had to say that . But , like i said i say routing "route-ing" , i never once said anyone was wrong or anything , then again , i never said my country was better . I am proud to be american , and i wouldnt have it any other way =]

Pronciation of "routing" (sic)
If you can't spell "pronunciation", how the hell are you going to pronounce "routing"?
:D

IMO:
ROUTE
ROUTINE
ROUTING

the OO has it!

:D Yes I know how to spell, only problem I am a 2-finger typist so go blame it on my fingers.

ROUTINEThat one is almost convincing! Certainly more convincing than The Laughing Cow's silly brat-like bigotry.

However: Round
And: Group

Umm, say what you want. If you have issues with how someone pronounces the word then you probably have more serious personal issues that need addressing. Try Paxil or one of those other so-called wonder drugs maybe? :D

CASE: that's where sterotyping come from, there're element of truth in them.

Like most ppl called asians as Chinese, damn those ignorant, uneducated fools!

Originally posted by tn3

If you can't spell "pronunciation", how the hell are you going to pronounce "routing"?
:D

IMO:
ROUTE
ROUTINE
ROUTING

the OO has it!

Well said - I've been waiting for somebody to point that out. Nice logic as well - are you a phonics teacher by any chance?

(however how about "rouse" or "round"? :D )

Don't go around this forum faulting and correcting people for their typing mistakes, you want to be a smart as*? please do me a favour and clean up any errors by anyone that posts in this forums.

CHEERS!

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http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html