maple classic™ 
when talking about internet routers
do you say:
- rOOters
- rOWHters
- other
?
@squirrel also i say it the second way there: rowhters
@squirrel I always say rowhters, but I alternate between the two pronunciations in other contexts for the word "route"
@squirrel i say it like ow but that's also how I say route
unless it's a highway, in which case I say root
@squirrel .... I lied, I just read my own toot and said "root" so.... I guess I just use the ow form for the verb?
@squirrel row-tur. I also call "a path to a place" a "rowt"
@squirrel alternately an OSI layer 3 device
@squirrel I guess the second, but it's the Canadian version, same sound as in "about", and pronounced different from the USAnian version in the same way that word is.
The woodworking tool is also pronounced this way.
The other meaning that is a path / course is pronounced like "root" though. Which is weird, because isn't that what an internet router is doing?
@squirrel rOWters
never heard the other way
@squirrel In Australia we say rOWHters even though it's probably incorrect, but we do it specifically to avoid saying "Rooters" because a root is a word for a fuck. ;)
@squirrel When people phone and call it a rooter I have to suppress a giggle
@squirrel I've never heard it pronounced any way bot the second.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's because Roto Rooter made the first form synonymous with non-Internet plumbing.
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