how do you pronounce 'tuple'?

[Steve Holden]

Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:30:25 -0500 in comp.lang.python, Steve Holden
> <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>John Salerno wrote:
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> [...]
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>>>I know it comes from the suffix -tuple, which makes me think it's 
>>>pronounced as 'toople', but I've seen (at m-w.com) that the first 
>>>pronunciation option is 'tuhple', so I wasn't sure. Maybe it's both, but 
>>>which is most prevalent?
> 
> [...]
> 
>>"Tyoople", "toople" or "tupple" depending on who you are, where you grew 
>>up and who you are speaking to. As with so many Usenet questions, 
>>there's no right answer, only 314 wrong ones :-)
> 
> 
> FWIW, I've often heard the latter two, but never the first one.
> "Tuple" by itself tends to be "toople," but as a suffix tends to be
> "tupple."
> 
No, but then you probably listen to the noos, not the nyoos, on the TV 
or radio. That's a particularly British pronunciation.

> 
>>I teach on both sides of the Atlantic, and have learned to draw a mental 
>>breath before trying to pronounce the word "router". Americans find the 
>>British pronunciation ("rooter") hilarious, despite the fact they tell 
> 
> 
> Probably a cultural reference to "Roto-Rooter," a nationwide plumbing
> company specializing in cleaning (ostensibly tree and other plant
> roots, though often more, uh, prozaic materials), from sewer drains.
> "Call Roto-Rooter, that's the name, and away go troubles down the
> drain."
> 
> 
>>me I drive on "Root 66" to get to DC. The Brits are politer, and only 
>>snigger behind my back when I pronounce it as Americans do, to rhyme 
>>with "outer".
> 
> 
> I've seen "route" pronounced "rout" or "root" depending on the
> background and mood of the speaker, though in this part of the country
> ("midwest", though "middle" might be more accurate) the former
> pronunciation is far more common.  Through the sugestive power of
> television, however, I suspect nearly every American would speak of
> "root 66" even though the next sentence might reference "rout 12."
> 
> On NPR ([American] National Public Radio), there's a weekly music
> program called "American Routes" pronounced such to conjure the
> alternate "American Roots."
> 
Never caught that. Must go get some batteries for my radio.

regards
  Steve
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