Dave Hansen wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:30:25 -0500 in comp.lang.python, Steve Holden > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>John Salerno wrote: > > [...] > >>>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 -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list