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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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 Posted - 22 November 2004 : 08:52:25
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Well, I've been discussing this with a couple of friends at oxle, and decided to start a poll about it.
Escpecially as there are many nationalities here at snitz, I'd like to invite you all to vote in this poll.
Is a router a 'rooter' or a 'rauwter' ?
No registration required btw. 
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Jorrit787
Average Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 08:57:07
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Dutch people (like you and myself) would probably say 'rooter', but I believe the official pronunciation is 'rauwter'  |
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Podge
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 09:15:25
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According to the Oxford english dictionary router should be pronounced ruuter,
rauter/rauwter is american english and in english would mean something entirely different (a machine that cuts channels in wood/metal). |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 09:23:47
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marcelgoertz,
The problem with a poll is that if you get more people voting for the wrong pronunciation (because they are american), then people will start to believe that is how it should be pronounced even though it is wrong. |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 09:48:29
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Fixed the link.
@ HuwR : true, that's the problem with polls.
The funny thing is that even though Americans say they say 'Rauwter' they also say 'Ruute' 66 and not 'Rauwte 66'...for the same concept (traffic). |
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stefen
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Italy
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 11:23:01
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Originally posted by marcelgoertz
The funny thing is that even though Americans say they say 'Rauwter' they also say 'Ruute' 66 and not 'Rauwte 66'...for the same concept (traffic).
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miperez
Junior Member
Spain
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 11:24:50
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Here in Spain (almost) everyone says "rooter", too.
Good point mentioning Route 66, I was going to use exactly that example! |
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MarkJH
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United Kingdom
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 12:48:23
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| I say to route is to direct or channel. A router does this for both Internet traffic...as does a wood or metal router, creating a channel. |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 12:59:49
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I actually program a CNC Router in my 'real' job and that's pronounced 'rauwter'
says who ? it is not according to the dictionary. |
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sr_erick
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HuwR
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 13:22:59
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Originally posted by sr_erick
Says the people who pronounce it every day. I've never heard anyone call a CNC Router a "Rooter", it's always "Rouwter". Here is also good insight. http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/mk-ot/2003-August/000574.html
only the american and australian people who pronounce it, in english it is a rooter  |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 14:23:22
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Well we call a CNC router a 'freesbank' in dutch, and the word 'router' comes from the rotating head of the milling machine.
That's why you call it a rauwter ; it rotates around it's axis and cuts up the material in that way.
So, the origin of that word comes from a complete different angle. But that aside.
This CNC Router has no similarity with a router in digital terms, but a router in digital terms has SO many things in common with the traffic-term of route.
The word Route as in Route 66 comes from the french word for road, which is pronounced as 'roote'.
Translate this to the digital highway and you come with digital routes that need to be routed, and that routing is done by a router.
A router manages traffic, as in 'route'....so it's pronounced 'rooter'.
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laser
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Posted - 22 November 2004 : 14:31:19
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people voting for the wrong pronunciation (because they are american),
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only the american and australian people who pronounce it, in english it is a rooter
Isn't English the best language in the world ?  Which other language has so many "dialects" that sometimes you wonder if the other person s really speaking the same language. In Australia a "root" is well :
1) something you probably wouldn't talk about in mixed company, but brag about what you did with her when you are only with the boys
2) the part of the plant that is underground
I say "rauwter", only so that you don't get fits of laughter when you're talking to a non-techo and they can't believe you can keep saying "rooter" in a sentence without a smile on your face.
I'm sure most people can write a list (Huw ?) about different words in different dialects. More of the more interesting examples is in New Zealand and the word "Subaru" the car manufacturer (well, you know who I mean). Apparently the Kiwi's started saying "Sube-ARE-ooo", but a marketing campaign has been trying to change that to (the Aussie version) "Sue-bah-roo" |
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