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Quite interested in this, I am from the UK and I have noticed several people pronounce Route as "rowt" which is different to how I say it: "Root."
So just interested on how you pronounce it, Rowt or Root?
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2012-01-12, 05:41 PM #1Deleted
Route,How do you pronounce it?
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2012-01-12, 05:43 PM #2The Patient
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Depends on context-for whatever reason I think I use both.
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2012-01-12, 05:43 PM #3Blademaster
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I'll say both, but most of the time I say it as root.
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2012-01-12, 05:44 PM #4Deleted
root, i have heard rowt, just think it sounds weird like that :P
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2012-01-12, 05:44 PM #5The Patient
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I'm from Texas and I say "root"
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2012-01-12, 05:44 PM #6Deleted
I think it's the American pronounciation of it that's "rowt". I pronounce it that way as well!
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2012-01-12, 05:44 PM #7Deleted
I tend to go with "root", because the Dutch "route" is pronounced as "root-uh"
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2012-01-12, 05:45 PM #8Mechagnome
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"rowt" Is how I say out.
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2012-01-12, 05:45 PM #9Banned
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Root is how I say it.
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2012-01-12, 05:45 PM #10Deleted
<<< Englishman too. I also pronounce it "root".
But, the word 'Rout', as in, "the army was routed", I pronounce "rowt".
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2012-01-12, 05:46 PM #11Mechagnome
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It honestly depends on context. A path is a "root". A team getting it's butt kicked is a "rowt".
Also, wireless "rowt"erLast edited by TheImmortalLordAtlas; 2012-01-12 at 05:50 PM.
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2012-01-12, 05:47 PM #12The Patient
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i say root but i hear it pronounced rowt a lot. however i say root because i am french canadian and route is a french word pronounced like root.
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2012-01-12, 05:47 PM #13Deleted
Americans pronounce it "rowt". You'll notice it if you watch American football and they talk about the wide receivers' routes.
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2012-01-12, 05:47 PM #14Deletedive never heard route used in that context
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2012-01-12, 05:48 PM #15I Don't Work Here
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It's "root". It comes from French. You never pronounce the phrase "en route" as "on rowt", it's always "on root". Because that's how you pronounce "route".
Like Baiyn said, it's "rout" that you pronounce "rowt".
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2012-01-12, 05:51 PM #16Grunt
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It all depends on the context. When talking about directions, It all depends on what my mood is, i'll frequently go back and forth between "root" and "rowt"
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When talking about networking, its always Rowt, "rooter" just sounds weird.
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2012-01-12, 05:51 PM #17Epic!
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Context-dependent: Rowt around something, State Root 99
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2012-01-12, 05:52 PM #18Immortal
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Oh god your signature gives me the willies, whyyyyyyyy.. Originally Posted by tommypilgrim
I say root.
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2012-01-12, 05:54 PM #19Mechagnome
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Let's change this thread to "How you pronounce "tear"?"!
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2012-01-12, 05:56 PM #20The Patient
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I've been in America since '94 but still pronounce it "root". I do say "rowter (router)" however as its a term I certainly wasn't using until after I moved here. Does the rest of the english speaking world say "rooter"?
That would be "rout". Originally Posted by TheImmortalLordAtlas
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