Re: [Ethereal-dev] Routeing vs Routing

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 11:41:55AM +0930, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> Hmmm, having done a search, it seems that there are documents on the 
> Internet that use Routing and others that use Routeing.  The second 
> seems to ignore standard English spelling rules, but might be 
> appropriate. Comments?

My old (1971) Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary seems to
indicate that "routing" is the correct spelling:

	5. *En route*, on the way.

	  Hence *Route* v., to mark as available, to send or forward, to
	direct to be sent, by a certain route.  (Chiefly in railway use.)
	[I *did* say it was an old edition, after all.... -gh]  Also
	*Rou.ting* vbl. sb., delineation of routes, etc..

So I'd be inclined to go with "routing".

(I also note that one definition listed for "router" is:

		   1
	Router, sb.   Obs. Forms: 4 roto(u)r, 5 Sc. rw-, rotowr, 6
	rotour; 5 rowter, 6 rout(t)er. [a. AF. *routour*, OF. *roteur*,
								 1
	f. *route*, in the sens either of `band, troop' (Rout sb. ) or
	`road' (Route sb.) : cf. Rutter.]

	1. A lawless person; a robber, ruffian.

		...

	2. A swaggering soldier or bully.

But, well, "Obs." *does* stand for "obsolete".

It also has

		   2		 1
	Router, sb.   [f. Rout v. ]  (See quot.)
	1611 COTGR. *Ronfleur*, a snorer, a snorter, a rowter.

and

		   3		  1	   7
	Router, sb.  [f. Route sb.  5 or v. ]
	One who takes part in a rout; a riotous person.

along with, of course, the mechanical tool with that name.)