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How do you pronounce "voip" ?
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| Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor 2005-12-15, 7:45 am |
| Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
Is it "(Voice Over Internet) Protocol" or "Voice Over (Internet Protocol)"
I would like to be told ?
Richard [in PE12]
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| Andrew Crane 2005-12-15, 7:45 am |
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"Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor" <a@a.false> wrote in message
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> Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
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> Is it "(Voice Over Internet) Protocol" or "Voice Over (Internet Protocol)"
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> I would like to be told ?
Personally, the former and the latter. Or the former and "Voice over IP".
Regards
Andrew
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| David Floyd 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
| In message of Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor writes
>Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
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Vee-oh-eye-pee
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| paul123 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
| I'll throw in another contender - "voy-eeep".
Looks like everyone has their own way of saying "VoIP". - a google
search on voip + pronounce gives you this:
http://www.google.com/search?client...=utf-8&oe=utf-8
.. One of the links there goes to an article where Tom Keating (some
would say voip guru) talks about pronouncing certain words "right" or
"wrong".
But what's right for one is NOT for another. Americans say "row"-"ter",
Brits say "root"-"er". Who's to say what is "correct"?
Personally, what suits you is what's best! - oh, and I say Vee Oh Eye
Pee - for what it's worth.
Paul
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| paul123 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
| I'll throw in another contender - "voy-eeep".
Looks like everyone has their own way of saying "VoIP". - a google
search on voip + pronounce gives you this:
http://www.google.com/search?client...=utf-8&oe=utf-8
.. One of the links there goes to an article where Tom Keating (some
would say voip guru) talks about pronouncing certain words "right" or
"wrong".
But what's right for one is NOT for another. Americans say "row"-"ter",
Brits say "root"-"er". Who's to say what is "correct"?
Personally, what suits you is what's best! - oh, and I say Vee Oh Eye
Pee - for what it's worth.
Paul
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"paul123" <paul@redy.net> wrote in message
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> I'll throw in another contender - "voy-eeep".
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> Looks like everyone has their own way of saying "VoIP". - a google
> search on voip + pronounce gives you this:
> http://www.google.com/search?client...=utf-8&oe=utf-8
> . One of the links there goes to an article where Tom Keating (some
> would say voip guru) talks about pronouncing certain words "right" or
> "wrong".
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> But what's right for one is NOT for another. Americans say "row"-"ter",
So do we if it's for cutting grooves in wood.
I'm amused when I come accross people who call a router a router. I always
ask "do you mean router or router?"
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"David Floyd" <david@floyd.org.uk> wrote in message
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> In message of Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor writes
> Vee-oh-eye-pee
Why take one syllable if you can use four?
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"Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor" <a@a.false> wrote in message
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> Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
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> Is it "(Voice Over Internet) Protocol" or "Voice Over (Internet Protocol)"
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> I would like to be told ?
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> Richard [in PE12]
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I'd be more interested in learning how to pronounce Werewolf.
Is it:
Wer-wolf;
We're-wolf;
Where-wolf.
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| paul123 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
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Jono wrote:
> I'd be more interested in learning how to pronounce Werewolf.
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Jono - that reminds me of Young Frankenstein....
"Werewolf? There wolf! There tree! "etcc (smirks)
Paul
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| PeterW 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
| "paul123" <paul@redy.net> wrote in
news:1134654997.132182.209440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
> I'll throw in another contender - "voy-eeep".
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> But what's right for one is NOT for another. Americans say
> "row"-"ter", Brits say "root"-"er". Who's to say what is "correct"?
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We had a visiting American recently who pronounced route as "root" rather
than "rowt". He was a genuine American, despite the fact he hated American
beer - he reckoned that Americans didn't make any decent beer.
Peter
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| PeterW wrote:
> "paul123" <paul@redy.net> wrote in
> news:1134654997.132182.209440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
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> We had a visiting American recently who pronounced route as "root" rather
> than "rowt". He was a genuine American, despite the fact he hated American
> beer - he reckoned that Americans didn't make any decent beer.
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> Peter
I pronounce it at "root" too but im 100% british and so does everyone I
know I think I dont really pay that much attention
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| a@a.false declared for all the world to hear...
> Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
Im in the "voyp" camp on this one. At least I will be if I ever get the
bastard working.
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Regards
Jon
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| Ivor Jones 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
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"Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor" <a@a.false> wrote in message
news:1134652128.f7469bfcb0bbabe10053d5bfb3d5407a@roc.usenetexchange.com
> Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
Most people I know just spell the letters, i.e. vee oh i pee.
> Is it "(Voice Over Internet) Protocol" or "Voice Over
> (Internet Protocol)"
The latter.
> I would like to be told ?
You have..!
Ivor
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| hairydog@despammed.com 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
| On 15 Dec 2005 06:05:21 -0800, "paul123" <paul@redy.net> wrote:
> Americans say "row"-"ter",
>Brits say "root"-"er". Who's to say what is "correct"?
In the UK, a "row-ter" is a woodworking device for cutting shaped
slots in wood. Very dangerous things they are too!
A root-er? Nah: a "route-er" controls routes to destinations.
Do merkins talk about a "rowt" map?
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| Ivor Jones 2005-12-15, 5:45 pm |
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"PeterW" <peterw1_no+spam@f2s.com> wrote in message
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> "paul123" <paul@redy.net> wrote in
> news:1134654997.132182.209440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
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> We had a visiting American recently who pronounced route
> as "root" rather than "rowt". He was a genuine American,
> despite the fact he hated American beer - he reckoned
> that Americans didn't make any decent beer.
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I can point you in the direction of an excellent micro-brewery if you're
ever in San Francisco..!
Ivor
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| Martin Lukasik 2005-12-16, 7:45 am |
| > I pronounce it at "root" too but im 100% british and so does everyone I
> know I think I dont really pay that much attention
Well, if router is "roote(r)" the route must be "root" ;-)
Am I correct?
For Americans it would be this "woodworking device" - "row-ter", and "rowt"
;-)
m.
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| Lee BARRASS 2005-12-20, 7:45 am |
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"Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor" <a@a.false> wrote in message
news:1134652128.f7469bfcb0bbabe10053d5bfb3d5407a@roc.usenetexchange.com...
> Is it pronounced like "voyp" or "voe-ip" ?
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> Is it "(Voice Over Internet) Protocol" or "Voice Over (Internet Protocol)"
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> I would like to be told ?
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> Richard [in PE12]
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If we were French, it would be 'vwap'
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| Lee BARRASS <lee@[nospam]abeerfestival.co.uk> wrote:
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> If we were French, it would be 'vwap'
If we were French, the Académie française would have created a
completely new word for it.
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| Ivor Jones 2005-12-20, 5:45 pm |
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"Peter" <abuse@dopiaza.cabal.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Lee BARRASS <lee@[nospam]abeerfestival.co.uk> wrote:
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> If we were French, the Académie française would have
> created a completely new word for it.
And then banned its use.
Ivor
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"Jono" <no@no.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'm amused when I come accross people who call a router a router. I always
> ask "do you mean router or router?"
I only just came across this thread, but I think more amusing is the
Australian use of the two different pronounciations of the word.
They prounounce the word "router" (as in the networking device) the American
way (row-ter) because they have a completely different meaning for the word
if pronounced as "rooter".
Although I knew the way they pronounce router, I persisted in using our
English pronunciation when I was recently in a couple of shops over there
enquiring about routers for a relative, which amused me slightly when it
drew some funny looks from staff and others who could overhear me.
Basically root is an alternative for f**k, so where we might use the various
forms of the word "f**k", they would probably use forms of the word "root".
Some examples taken from http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html :
Root (verb and noun) : synonym for f*ck in nearly all its senses: "I feel
rooted"; "this washing machine is rooted"; "(s)he's a good root". A very
useful word in fairly polite company.
Root rat : somebody who is constantly looking for sex.
Wombat : somebody who eats, roots and leaves (see also root)
Rob
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