Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2006-02-13, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > In my expereince, the latter. I don't think I've ever heard > the other pronounciation.
I used to pronounce it toople. But the people that taught me Python found it both comical and confusing. At first they thought I meant a 2 element tuple. So they wondered if a 3 element tuple was a threeple, etc. After much harrassing, I changed my wayward ways and pronounced it tuhple to fit in with the cool Python guys. ;-) Then we went to hear Guido speak about Python 2.2 at a ZPUG meeting in Washington, DC. When he said toople I almost fell out of my chair laughing, particularly because the people who taught me to say it the "right" way were with me. When I looked over, they just hung their head in shame. I work with Guido now and I'm conflicted. I'm still conditioned to say tuhple. Whenever he says toople, I just get a smile on my face. I think most of the PythonLabs guys pronounce it toople. n -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list