Being English by birth, I remember working in Holland, and meeting someone with the nickname "Suzie Did It On The Roof" (I didn't ask what she did on that roof :-) ). The short "oo" as in "woof" caught me by surprise. Every day is a school day, etc.
But the UK/US one that gets me every time is "router". Here in England, that's two words in one. A network router rhymes with fruit, boot, moot and toot. With a woodworker's router, the "ou" is like gout, nowt, clout and spout. "Two nations divided by a common language?" I say no. But I borrow American words and phrases. Everyone does--is it time to call it "American" and be obviously proud of it?" Roops On Fri., May 21, 2021, 21:16 Paul Gilmartin, < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2021 14:38:26 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: > > >Heh. When I was in high school we moved from Minnesota (where "root" > rhymes with "foot") to Pennsylvania (where "root" rhymes with "boot"). The > kid who sat behind me in Biology class was named Scott Root. He thought I > was making fun of his name every time I said "root". I learned to adjust > to my new environment. > > > I'm reminded of a venerable signature file: > "Both Robert Root and Douglas Core (who keeps losing his Mail) have > accounts on my system, and I expect Susie Mailer-Daemon to sign up > any day now." > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
