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Siope Sun 08-Sept-24 11:19:36

Is it a root-er or a rout-er?

I’ve always said rout-er, but I’ve just been roundly told off by a young person, who says its job is to route the information from the ‘net to your devices, so it should be pronounced root-er (in the UK).

MaizieD Sun 08-Sept-24 14:32:08

Root er

A 'rout' is when you have overcome your opponents so overwhelmingly that they're running off as fast as they can in all directions🤣

BlueBelle Sun 08-Sept-24 14:47:19

Well I m not Scottish and I pronounce weather and whether the same How else do you say it

Allira Sun 08-Sept-24 14:50:18

Weather is a definite W and Whether is a kind of HWhether on an outward breath.

iyswim

JaneJudge Sun 08-Sept-24 14:52:11

sorry I have completely lost the plot, the OP is Siope not Sago. I'll get my coat!

Astitchintime Sun 08-Sept-24 14:54:12

Pronounced 'R O O T E R'.........a ROUTER is a tool for cutting into and shaping wood, MDF etc

MissAdventure Sun 08-Sept-24 14:56:08

Ooh, I have a router.

MissAdventure Sun 08-Sept-24 14:57:27

Allira

Weather is a definite W and Whether is a kind of HWhether on an outward breath.

iyswim

Yes!!!
That explains perfectly what I meant.

Mollygo Sun 08-Sept-24 14:58:35

However you like to say it is fine by me. Our technician says r-out-er, so when I’m talking to him I do the same. If someone mentions rooter I’m happy to go along with that.
Would you correct someone if you didn’t like the way they said it or just let it pass?

Wheniwasyourage Sun 08-Sept-24 18:36:53

I say rooter, and also pronounce route as root. Whether, where and other words beginning with wh do sound different here in Scotland from the way they sound in at least some parts of England - when said by native speakers!

sharonarnott Mon 09-Sept-24 12:09:46

Always been a root er here

IamMaz Mon 09-Sept-24 12:23:30

@biglouis

I think it’s a faucet rather than a forcet.

MissAdventure Mon 09-Sept-24 13:37:14

I suppose it depends how hard it is to turn on.
If it's difficult, then you forcet.

Mollygo Mon 09-Sept-24 13:47:45

MissAdventure

I suppose it depends how hard it is to turn on.
If it's difficult, then you forcet.

🤣🤣🤣

Allira Mon 09-Sept-24 14:28:18

Jaxjacky

The prononciation ‘rowt’ is American

But I thought Americans got their kicks on Root 66?

MissAdventure Mon 09-Sept-24 14:31:32

Good point.

biglouis Mon 09-Sept-24 15:13:18

@biglouis

I think it’s a faucet rather than a forcet.

Yes that was a typo.

Not to mention hoods and trunks on cars - or rather automobiles. I suppose in America they have "car trunk sales".

Farmor15 Mon 09-Sept-24 15:23:29

Do people who pronounce whether and weather the same, also say where and wear, which and witch in the same way?. In each of these the H is pronounced - where I come from anyway!

NotSpaghetti Mon 09-Sept-24 15:45:33

Router is the spelling for nothing the Internet gadget and the tool.

The tool is (in my house) pronounced the "rowt-er"
The other router (for the internet) is pronounced "root-er"

I think it's probably different in America.

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Babs03 Mon 09-Sept-24 15:51:51

Rooter and router are the same, at least in English. In the US they do as they please with the English language because they don’t speak English, they speak American, and if we keep this in mind we don’t get frustrated by spellings used in wordle and quordle.

rowyn Mon 09-Sept-24 16:54:45

It's definitely rooooooooooooooter.
Isn't a "rowter" some sort of tool?

NotSpaghetti Mon 09-Sept-24 17:45:54

Yes, rowyn

Calendargirl Mon 09-Sept-24 17:50:18

I thought biglouis deliberately spelt it as ‘forcet’ to emphasise how it was pronounced?

‘Faucet’ could be ‘fowcet’.

(I digress).

MissAdventure Mon 09-Sept-24 18:11:52

Farmor15

Do people who pronounce whether and weather the same, also say where and wear, which and witch in the same way?. In each of these the H is pronounced - where I come from anyway!

They're all the same, here.
I might have a practice at sounding the H, though.

Bodach Mon 09-Sept-24 18:20:13

MissAdventure

It's almost like ah extra aitch in front of the w, I thought.
A wispy sort of aitch. smile

Another Scot here - although I haven't lived there for coming on 50 years. I still notice, and inwardly wince, when I hear my English pals ignore the 'h' in 'whether' - but more especially when they pronounce 'when' as "wen" and 'what' as "wat". And don't mention calling 'wheels' "weels".
So come on, all you Sassenachs: have a go at proper (ie Scottish) pronunciation. Start with saying 'when' as "w-hen" and then try to eliminate the "-".
Easy, eh?
No?
Ah, well; I suppose it's just a cross we exiles will have to continue to bear...

Allira Mon 09-Sept-24 18:25:49

We were taught how to pronounce that wh at my English primary school.