This Texan always spelled out CICS, and pronounces the piece of networking equipment, the woodworking tool, and the path taken on a trip with the same vowel value, rOWt.
My roommate is from north central Wisconsin, and does so as well...and hates Bobby Troup for "Route 66"'s pronunciation. On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 5:29 AM Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw < 0000032fff1be9b4-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > In Australia "rooter" means something rather different, so I suggest you > don't look it up. > I was always surprised that most of my USA friends say rowt , but they all > agree they get their kicks (CICS?) on root 66. > Lennie > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of > Jeremy Nicoll > Sent: 18 March 2023 01:49 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Question for our international friends (mostly) > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, at 01:38, Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > > Very interesting discussion. > > > > I recently tried to understand what the correct pronounciation of the > > word "router" is, because here in Germany there are different > > opinions. And I learned in the end, that BOTH ways are correct, like > > "rooter" and (don't know how to spell the other, > > maybe) "row-ter". > > In the UK, usual usage is "rooter" for the network device, but "row-ter" > for the woodworking tool. > > -- > Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
