Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by JTBooth on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:30AM
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What's Australian for the most privileged account on a computer? Is there a verb for when you get access to it?
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Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by alvah on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:48AM
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It’s the same verb but it raises a smile every single time. Yes I am a child in an adult’s body.
Slightly OT, they pronounce router “rowter” over here, presumably to avoid the same issue.
Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by aussieshibe on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:49AM
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Interestingly this seems to be one of those unusual cases where the US by and large uses the British pronunciation while Australia does its own thing.
On the plus side for Australia, we never have to hear the classic form:
> Rooter? I hardly even know 'er!
Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by causi on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:27AM
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Depends on the region. I'm from the US and I've never heard somebody say "rooter"
Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by lotsofpulp on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:33AM
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Me either. All over the US, I have only ever heard “row-ter”. And my British family says “roo-ter”.
Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by alvah on Monday January 09, 2023 @08:57AM
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Is it Root 66 or Rowt 66 though? Because a rooter is related to roots.
Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by lotsofpulp on Monday January 09, 2023 @09:47AM
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I have heard root and rowt when referring to roads in the US, but I have always used rout, and I think I have heard it more commonly used than root.
Re:Deere to Allow Farmers to Repair Their Own Equipment
by kwhitefoot on Monday January 09, 2023 @07:26AM
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A router pronounced 'rowter' is surely a wood working tool.