how do you pronounce this word?

[datasuspect]

"robot"

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Other:

Gort.

[datasuspect]

2. klaatu barata nikto

[Call Me Wesley]

7. .

[datasuspect]

8. datasuspect no tengo dinero

[Call Me Wesley]

9. ..

[datasuspect]

10. i think gort could whip grovelbot's ass with a belt

i added that pic to my collection.

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Grovelbot might be tiny,

but he's fast!

If his batteries are loaded, of course!

[ContraBass Black]

15. I doubt it.

Remember Pimp GrovelBot?

[Connonym]

3. In normal conversation #1 but

my kids and I refer to them as robutts because we watch way too much Futurama

[Deja Q]

4. And I think they picked up that pronounciation from an old Doctor Who story...

"The Dominators" (1968). The leader of the planet Dulkis called them "Row-butts", while everyone else kept saying "row-bots". :rofl:

Leela must've been named from the Doctor Who character of the same name. :D

[Connonym]

6. we named our dog Leela :)

ETA but our Leela does have 2 eyes

[bridgit]

5. row-BAHT...

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. I think for awhile after Capek coined the term

in 1920, an alternate pronunciation was "row-boat."

[TrogL]

13. droid, bot, android

You've got to be more specific.

[femmocrat]

14. Other: "ROW-but"

I didn't realize there were so many variations!