[geeks] Re: [rescue] Re: [SunRescue] Catalyst 2100 switch
Gregory Leblanc
geeks at sunhelp.org
Fri Jun 8 11:02:24 CDT 2001
On 08 Jun 2001 10:12:41 -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> looking at the subject, this message has had a long and glorious history being
> bounced from one list to another. :)
>
> > 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...
>
> i live in eastern PA. the mail man does not walk a "root" he walks a "route"
> (pronounced like the woodworking device) around here we do not pronounce the
> word route as root.
But PA is hardly in New England... I used to live there, completely
different place. Where abouts in eastern PA? South of Scranton, or
further down, closer to Harrisburg?
Greg
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