Round here ...they put an eh sound. e.g. spoon is ehspoon. Josh's favorite would be Estar Guars ... Star Wars On Nov 23, 2015 9:40 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think Mark Twain used chimbley. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2015 5:15 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] rooter? > > We used to make fun of our cousins from Indiana who drank “melk”. > > And my in-laws from Ohio say chimley and sammich and panacake and mater > and pronounce the “s” in Illinois. > > And my grandmother grew up in Iowa and washed dishes in the “zinc”. > > > *From:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2015 5:49 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] rooter? > > Warshing powder is used in Missoura > > *From:* Jason McKemie <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2015 4:47 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] rooter? > > I pronounce route 66 as route 66...not root 66. I'm certainly aware that > many people do say it that way, but it is a mispronunciation - much like > saying warsh in place of wash. > > On Monday, November 23, 2015, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Route 66 is pronounced root 66. >> Routing a circuit board is r-outing. >> >> *From:* Brett A Mansfield >> *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2015 2:40 PM >> *To:* javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]'); >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] rooter? >> >> I have a good friend from their. They always call it the root you take, >> so it makes sense that if the device is determining the "root" the packets >> should take, then it's a rooter. Haha. It does sound very funny to me. >> >> If you have kids that watch Thomas the train, they call sir topem hat >> "the fat controller". >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >> >> On Nov 23, 2015, at 2:34 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm < >> javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote: >> >> im watching a video on mpls by some British fellow, he pronounces router >> as rooter, is this the case on the other side of the pond? Is there a true >> pronunciation or is it just a matter of regional dialect? >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> >>
