Router pronunciation

[slicksilver]

Is it router as in rowdy or is it router as in root beer? A quick search on the web says its router as in rowdy but I've always seen many networking and security pros say router as in root beer.

Which one is correct?

 

[Nuwave]

I say router as in rowdy

oddly enough the root word of router is route, how do you say route?

according to Dictionary.com

route is pronounced root or rout

Pronouciation key
[oo] good, book, put
[ou] out, loud, how

So in conclusion both are correct, according to dictionary.com.

 

[spidey07]

If anybody says it like root beer you can immediately tell that have no idea what they are talking about. It is NEVER pronounced that way and only be real newbies when it's done. Some folks from the UK use root beer, we laugh at them as well.

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: spidey07
If anybody says it like root beer you can immediately tell that have no idea what they are talking about. It is NEVER pronounced that way and only be real newbies when it's done. Some folks from the UK use root beer, we laugh at them as well.

So no A&W Rooter Beer :frown:

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: spidey07
If anybody says it like root beer you can immediately tell that have no idea what they are talking about. It is NEVER pronounced that way and only be real newbies when it's done. Some folks from the UK use root beer, we laugh at them as well.

lol...you assholes...poor bastards just want to get along

 

[Slowlearner]

The key here is the word route - pronounced like rout (defeat) or the mechanical process of rout (as in the tool router used for wood/metal crafting) in the US and root in Anglophone countries.

Now routers do route data packets to their destination, and the first routers came from the US, IMHO the US pronunciation would be standard.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Slowlearner
The key here is the word route - pronounced like rout (defeat) or the mechanical process of rout (as in the tool router used for wood/metal crafting) in the US and root in Anglophone countries.

Now routers do route data packets to their destination, and the first routers came from the US, IMHO the US pronunciation would be standard.

You're thinking about it too much.

It's a router, not a rooter.

:music:
Roto-rooter, that's our name
And away go troubles down the drain.
:music:

But then again, networking is literally nothing but a series of pipes and routers do flush packets down the drain - the bitbucket or null0

Wait!? What?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Slowlearner
The key here is the word route - pronounced like rout (defeat) or the mechanical process of rout (as in the tool router used for wood/metal crafting) in the US and root in Anglophone countries.

Now routers do route data packets to their destination, and the first routers came from the US, IMHO the US pronunciation would be standard.

You're thinking about it too much.

It's a router, not a rooter.

:music:
Roto-rooter, that's our name
And away go troubles down the drain.
:music:

But then again, networking is literally nothing but a series of pipes and routers do flush packets down the drain - the bitbucket or null0

Wait!? What?

How dare you side with Ted Stevens on this:|

 

[Jeff7181]

This is a question that should never need to be asked. Anyone who pronounces it "rooter" should have their tongue cut out and that would be the end of the confusion.

 

[aposynthesi]

I pronounce router as: Nerdbox.