how do you pronounce 'tuple'?

[Steve Holden]

John Salerno wrote:
> Yes, silly question, but it keeps me up at night.  :)
> 
Silly you!

> 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?
> 
No suffix involved, tuples have a respectable mathematical history going 
back centuries.

> Thanks! Now time to go back to reading the chapter on tuples...

"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 :-)

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 
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".

except-that-there's-no-"t"-in-American-ly y'rs  - steve
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