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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: routes and routers
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 11:03:15 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 27 11:03:15 1986
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> >  P.S. Why do we ALL pronounce ROUTER (the tool - same word derivation) to
> >  rhyme with OUTER.

Another "humorous" posting?  Of course "router" is derived from "rout,"
not "route." My 5th Collegiate says "rout" is a variant of "to root"
(what hogs do, not baseball fans).
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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