Your internet router…

@biglouis

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

Always been a root er here

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!

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?

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.

Ooh, I have a router.

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

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

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

iyswim

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

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🤣

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

this has started to make sense as i pronounce whether/weather the same and rooter/router the same! I think Sago is Irish?

Ah, yes, sorry, I was asking you.
I found "wh" pronounced there had a more airy kind of sound than we do here, depending on the word.

Lots to be proud of; not least those spectacular views.

MissAdventure

Are you Scottish?
I noticed a distinct difference in how they sound "wh" words.

Who me? Yes - Scottish and proud!

Are you Scottish?
I noticed a distinct difference in how they sound "wh" words.

Oh yes, rooter here too.

Or that box in the corner if I have a senior moment.

BlueBelle

Rooter here
My whether and weather are pronounced the same

How? Wh-ether - and weather? I am confused.

And most Continental languages use the American pronounciation of router as well, when talking computers.

biglouis

*The prononciation ‘rowt’ is American*

Yes. one of the things I had to get used to when I worked over there. Also:

Depot = deepow
Vase = vaze
Curtains = drapes
Tap = forcet
Cushion = pillow (but they also use cushion)
Single bed = twin bed
Duvet = comforter
Pavement = sidewalk
Take away = to go
Post or send = ship (regardless of mode of transport)
handbag = purse (but change purse for small purse/wallet)

Americans also often insert extra words where we would not find them necessary:-

(Me) I post next day
(American) I do ship next day

Two peoples divided by a common language

Vase = vaze

Interesting! When we lived in Devon we had a debate at work about whether it was pronounced Vase, Vaze or Vauze. Our lovely cleaner insisted it was pronounced Vauze, like gauze.
Someone else did insist that it was Vaze (she wasn't American).

Take away = to go

Waiting for a table for breakfast at a Miami hotel, the waitress said "D'you wannit to go?"
I didn't understand what she said and I think she got a bit impatient with this stupid Englishwoman, who just wanted to sit down and have breakfast.

Wevva and wevva 'ere, innit?

Rooter here
My whether and weather are pronounced the same

M0nica

I pronounce it the same no matter how it is spelt, a bit like whether and weather.

But they are pronounced differently - whether and weather, that is.

I pronounce it the same no matter how it is spelt, a bit like whether and weather.

I only recently called it r-ooter, because, well, I assume someone called it a r-outer to me at some time.
I'm easily led