Roger in B: My daughter heard the 24-7 thing when she went out on an internship with the local sheriff's dept. Don't know where they got it from.

Pete M: Since I spent 10 yrs in New England my pronunciations are what you might call SNAFU'ed! I, personally would say, "By taking the wrong root, the unit was rowted" BUT, more likely, I'd say it took the wrong root and got all fucked up! Now, an old timer here whose never lived elsewhere would say "rowt" for both words. Seriously "rout" is not a very commonly used word in these parts, so it's doubtful they'd have a problem deciding how to pronounce each. Good example though!

Poor Aucklanders!HeHeHe

'Spaw, glad you like the thread.

kat