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--- Quote from: SageJiraiya on 30 Jul 2013, 15:08 ---I think English is successful because of that weirdness. Even though it's ridiculously hard to learn, English is such a melting pot of words and grammatical idiosyncrasies that it is applicable to nearly any context.

The crazy words we have and use make great stories, dialogues, science, as well as music.

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i seem to recall a biopsychology teacher i had some years back explaining to the class that english speaking countries had some of the lowest rates of senile dementia & age related brain degeneration on earth. he claimed that this was because the complexity of the language kept the brain more active, which in turn staved off neurological apoptosis.

Akima:

--- Quote from: SageJiraiya on 30 Jul 2013, 15:12 ---Considering the networking machine is usually pronounced rowter and not rooter, I think the differentiation may have been popularized to avoid confusion with the word root, like android devices, and plants.
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In Australia route is normally pronounced "root", but in networking parlance the American "rowt" pronunciation is universal, despite the potential confusion with rout. Only context separates these two devices, both of which are called "rowters":


A complicating factor in Australia, is that "root" is a synonym for "fuck", especially when used as a verb, so referring to a "rooting table" might provoke sniggers. And you never root for a football-team etc. here; you "barrack" for it. Just like "fuck", "root" can imply that something is broken or otherwise in trouble: "If my wife finds out that I rooted my secretary, I'll be rooted!" So talking about rooting your phone can also be ambiguous: "I tried to root my phone last night, but it didn't work and now it's rooted!"

English...

Kugai:
It's probably why Wang Computers always made me snigger.

Carl-E:
Naw, that's just you.   :angel:

Kugai:
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