Your internet router…

The further up I went in Scotland, the more I noticed the wispy H.
I suppose it's that wwwhich makes the gentle sound in the accent?

MissAdventure

Farmor15

Do people who pronounce whether and weather the same, also say where and wear, which and witch in the same way?. In each of these the H is pronounced - where I come from anyway!

They're all the same, here.
I might have a practice at sounding the H, though.

Well I never, haven't been pronouncing the 'wh' at all, just how do you do that?
Whether and weather are the same to me, as is where and wear.
Also where I am from originally in Lancashire they regularly drop the 'h' so the word 'happen' becomes 'appen', and 'house' becomes 'ouse'.
Am a lost cause x

Me an awl.

It’s “rooter” from me & Himself here up north.

I’m Scottish, and most definitely pronounce weather and whether differently. I don’t drop the ‘ h ‘. When teaching infants, I always reminded them that when saying ‘ wh ‘ words, there should be a little blowing from the ‘ wh ‘ part, and we’d practise by placing a hand in front of their mouths in order to feel ‘ blow ‘.

Also, I’m in the rooter camp.

Spelt Router pronounced rooter.

Router (rhymes with outer) for routing wood.
Router (rhymes with hooter) for routing internet. IMO

biglouis

*The prononciation ‘rowt’ is American*

Yes. one of the things I had to get used to when I worked over there. Also:

Depot = deepow
Vase = vaze
Curtains = drapes
Tap = forcet
Cushion = pillow (but they also use cushion)
Single bed = twin bed
Duvet = comforter
Pavement = sidewalk
Take away = to go
Post or send = ship (regardless of mode of transport)
handbag = purse (but change purse for small purse/wallet)

Americans also often insert extra words where we would not find them necessary:-

(Me) I post next day
(American) I do ship next day

Two peoples divided by a common language

And while we say burgled, they say burglarized 🤣🤣

In this house, both Geordies, we say rooter. Or 'that blasted thingy'!

yes, it's pronounced 'roo tuh'

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also faucet for tap.

The woodwork router cuts a groove in a piece of wood - it does much the same thing as an army cutting a wide path through the enemy in a military rout (rowt)

The internet router is the route (root) from your device to websites on the net, and also these days to your printer and other devices.