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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
You got me! I expected that the second image was going to be of some sort of animal. edit: Yep, you did it again... |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Prefer pics to describe, more funnier :-) You missed a real rooter |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Prefer pics to describe, more funnier :-) As opposed to H00ters. ;) Sorry I just can't help it. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
qbit Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 630 Credit: 6,868,528 RAC: 0 |
Thx so far everybody, I guess I stick with "rooter" since "rowter" still sounds very strange to my ears. Never heard anybody in Austria or Germany pronounce it like that either. That's why I was so surprised by all those guys on yt. Guess they were all Americans. Although now I wonder if there's a secret third pronouncation only Canadians use;-) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
You got me! I expected that the second image Sorry :-) |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29752 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
People please just dig down for your answer. The first multiprotocol routers were independently created by staff researchers at MIT and Stanford in 1981; the Stanford router was done by William Yeager, and the MIT one by Noel Chiappa. Therefore it's pronunciation is not American, British, Canadian, nor Auzzi. It's Californish! Rrwowter, dude. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Thx so far everybody, I guess I stick with "rooter" since "rowter" still sounds very strange to my ears. Never heard anybody in Austria or Germany pronounce it like that either. That's why I was so surprised by all those guys on yt. Guess they were all Americans. French Canadian perhaps. Routeur:) |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Rrwowter, dude. There you go, the last word at last, Thank you Carlos! |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Then there is Roto-Rooter, nope it has nothing to do with computers, but most homeowners in the US should know them. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
The carpentry tool and the network device are both spelled and pronounced the same. The vowel sound of the first syllable is the same as in cow, or as in "Pow! Right in the kisser!" It is not the same as in boot (in either British, American, Canadian, or German). Ask a Canadian to say "about" some time. That'll really confuse you. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
The carpentry tool and the network device are both spelled and pronounced the same. The vowel sound of the first syllable is the same as in cow, or as in "Pow! Right in the kisser!" It is not the same as in boot (in either British, American, Canadian, or German). That doesn't confuse Me. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29752 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
The carpentry tool and the network device are both spelled and pronounced the same. Yep just like said. The brits (Oxford) don't speak Californian. But Webster does. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
The carpentry tool and the network device are both spelled and pronounced the same. a) The Brits let the 'er' fade off into 'ah'. This is probably how it is in Boston, too. However, on that page is a link to their own version of the American English dictionary, where this does not happen. b) Chicago is considered Standard American English (Superfans of Da Bearz from the Sout' Side notwithstanding) and I say both meanings are pronounced the same, the way Webster says for the power tool. However, I recognize that large parts of the country pronounce route as root, so I will allow it as an acceptable alternative. (Meanwhile, we in Chicago often tend to pronounce root and roof with the same vowel sound as book.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22158 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
'oi - not all Brits are that sloppy, some of us take great pride in getting the "er" a the end to be a proper rolling "err" sound. There is a great danger in generalising pronunciations, there are so many regional variation even in this small group of islands off the West Coast of Europe. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
'oi - not all Brits are that sloppy, some of us take great pride in getting the "er" a the end to be a proper rolling "err" sound. Explain that to OED. If you have so many variations in your small group of islands, imagine how many we have in these two countries that cover most of a continent. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
This mysterious equipment appeared on a new pole a few blocks from my house. Any ideas on what in the world it is? Top: The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
This mysterious equipment appeared on a new pole a few blocks from my house. Any ideas on what in the world it is? No, but I'd upgrade from tinfoil to silver plated copper for the hat. Lower electrical resistance. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11358 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Gordon, if you find out they will take drastic measures. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
This mysterious equipment appeared on a new pole a few blocks from my house. Any ideas on what in the world it is? Wireless internet antenna for some isp maybe, I don't know. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
This mysterious equipment appeared on a new pole a few blocks from my house. Any ideas on what in the world it is? If you're in a dense urban are with lots of high-traffic railroads all around, it could be a ground station for Positive Train Control. I'm not saying it is, just throwing that out as a possibility. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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