On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:52:30 -0800 Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even in mathematics, a tuple, or formally an n-tuple, > makes more sense to me pronounced the latter if you list > out the various pronounciations for large n, seems me the > _uhs_ outweigh the _oos_. (There's quadruple on one > side, but then quintuple, sextuple, septuple, heptuple, > octuple, etc., etc., etc.)
I doubt that helps much: I pronounce all of those words (when I use them, which is not too often) as "-toopel". The only tuple I pronounce with the "-uh-" is "couple", and I usually call that a "two-tuple" when dealing with Python. I suspect that even those who would pronounce 'quintuple' "kwintuhpel" would say 'quintuplicate' as "kwinTOOPlikuht". (that's the noun, not the verb, which is "kwintoopliKATE"). So what's a 1-element tuple, anyway? A "mople"? "monople"? It does seem like this lopsided pythonic creature (1,) ought to have a name to reflect its ugly, newbie-unfriendly nature. Are we having fun yet? ;-) Cheers, Terry -- Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
