Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:55:51 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <10odsq2$er59$1@dont-email.me> <1772787512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10oh35t$1g6or$1@dont-email.me> <10oh7fu$1h8of$2@dont-email.me> <10ohb72$1gu9r$22@dont-email.me> <10ohkv8$1mpnh$1@dont-email.me> <10oi40s$1re3c$2@dont-email.me> <4q5pqkd67ekt4hs13pnjib2lp6bm0h2okh@4ax.com> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0c7e43ad831d4a0b1b109a84db7faab0"; logging-data="2931766"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/fm5ScrNkq/U8moF0QX6SllVWih2sWJFs=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3QlI8qtrLfRKf2ev696Ni4472lw= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82674 alt.usage.english:1138957 On Saturday, rbowman yelped out that: > On Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:35:34 -0500, Tony Cooper wrote: > >> We (in the US) have, or had, RR addresses, but we'd say "rowt" and not >> "root". Google says there are still RR## addresses, but I've never >> noticed one. > > Maybe in your part of the US :) And 30-odd years ago I had RR address and a 15 minute commute to a high tech company job. For me, and many of the people I've been around, "rowt" and "root" are interchangeable. Certainly many of us would say we get our kicks on Root Sixty-six, but the rowt back to the interstate is important, too. The tools are indeed rowters, whether in the shop or the wiring closet. However, that's a lousy spelling of that pronunciation ... row has the wrong O sound. But so does boat, and I can't think of an example of the right sound that doesn't get spelled "ou" ... shout out if you can think of one. Oh, maybe "now" and "crown", but not "crow". For you IPAers, that's aU aʊ and ow, for ASCII-IPA (AUE/Kirschenbaum style), official, and "traditional American". (The Merriam-Webster column doesn't paste correctly in this noosereeder.) /dps -- The presence of this syntax results from the fact that SQLite is really a Tcl extension that has escaped into the wild.