how do you pronounce 'tuple'?
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From: John Salerno on 13 Feb 2006 16:35 Dave Hansen wrote: > I've seen "route" pronounced "rout" or "root" depending on the > background and mood of the speaker I actually came up with a method that I use: "rout" for a verb, "root" for a noun. So Route 66 is Root 66, and routing an army is rOUTing an army. :)
From: John Salerno on 13 Feb 2006 16:36 Peter Maas wrote: > I wouldn't mind calling (1,) a simple but I'm not a native English > speaker so I have no idea wether it sounds ridiculous to English > ears. If simple is too simple for you just call it simplum or simplon > or simplex. Heh heh, simple is weird. How about this: one-uple, which can be condensed to woople. :)
From: Steve Holden on 13 Feb 2006 16:46 Dave Hansen wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:30:25 -0500 in comp.lang.python, Steve Holden > <steve(a)holdenweb.com> 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/
From: Donn Cave on 13 Feb 2006 17:11 In article <0mt1v15ei7tg1mr0oclo703b6c92jr9vb4(a)4ax.com>, Dave Hansen <iddw(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > 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." Those of us for whom 'root' rhymes with 'foot', can pronounce 'route' either way without ambiguity. Or we could, anyway, if everyone else would get with it. If you're going to adopt this sensible program, other short vowel words are roof, hoof, creek. My grandfather pronounced hoop short, but I never heard anyone else do likewise. Tuple rhymes with couple. Donn Cave, donn(a)u.washington.edu
From: Roy Smith on 13 Feb 2006 17:50
Peter Maas <peter.maas(a)somewhere.com> wrote: >Latin n-tuple >--------------------------- >... ... >triplex triple >duplex duple >simplex simple Would a 9-tuple be a nipple? |