"tkinter"

[Larry Hudson]

On 09/13/2017 05:33 AM, leam hall wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Stefan Ram <ram at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
>>    I presume that "tkinter" is intended to be pronounced
>>    "logically":
>>
>> T K inter (tee kay inter /ti keI In t%/)
>>
>>    . But it would be faster to pronounce it
>>
>> T kinter (tee kinter /ti kIn t%/)
>>
>>    . So far I've only ever read it, never heard it.
>>    But while I am aware that the logical pronunciation should
>>    be the correct one, I actually like the faster one.
>>
>>
> I heard a speaker mention GvR by name and it took me a bit, and IRC, to
> find out the Dutch pronunciation is different from the American. I've seen
> his name lots, hadn't heard it.
> 
> Leam
> 

Somewhat OT, but...
There is a will-known(?) audio clip of Linus Torvalds pronouncing his name.  One source is:

http://www.paul.sladen.org/pronunciation/

Click on the MP3 Format or OGG Format links to hear it directly, or the WAV or AU formats to 
download the audio clips.

-- 
      -=- Larry -=-