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I've long maintained that the only reason that "router", against all convention, is pronounced "rouw-ter", is that nobody is going to stand at the front of a lecture hall or meeting room and discuss a piece of hardware called a "rooter".
swish_bob
on Aug 9, 2019
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It's pronounced "rooter" in the UK. The wood-working tool spelled the same way is a "rowter" though.
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