[geeks] Re: [rescue] Re: [SunRescue] Catalyst 2100 switch

[Kurt Mosiejczuk]

On 7 Jun 2001, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> It's not necessarily American...  I pronounce it "router" like
> woodworking now, so that I don't get laughed out of the network
> meetings, but all of the New England area of pronounces "route", as in a
> road, as root.  I expect that if I ever make it back that way, I'll pick
> up the accent in no time...
> 	Greg

I'm from that area.... and I was just thinking about it..  I'll still
refer to route 9 in my home town as "root 9", but I call it a router
("rowt-er")...  And reflecting on it, my brain sees it essentially
as two different concepts/words, and has no problem with it =)

--Kurt