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pwhodges:

--- Quote from: Akima on 30 Jul 2013, 19:09 ---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":
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In the UK it is rare to hear "rowter" for the networking device, but in my experience it is normal for the woodworking tool.


--- Quote from: jwhouk on 27 Jul 2013, 13:43 ---...Does that make pwhodges "Great Grandpa Paul"?  :evil:
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You beat real life by just three days ;)  (see the pictures thread)

J:
why do we even pretend that english has rules at all?

Method of Madness:
It does, but rules are made to be broken.

LeeC:
if we followed the rules for the english language then puns would have never existed.

Method of Madness:
How do puns break any language rules?

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