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> I pronounce chroot as change root.

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I pronounce it like Dwight’s last name from the office


Actually, it’s pronounced “charuto”, for cigar in Portuguese.



Ch as in chord. 'Kroot'.


But "ot" as in depot. "Kruō".


Ain' dat de chroot


"I am chroot"


I am chroot.




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