how do you pronounce 'tuple'?
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From: John Salerno on 13 Feb 2006 10:03 Markus Wankus wrote: > I'm not sure, but I think it is pronounced "m?nage ? trois". LOL. You guys are hilarious. I think I made the right decision to start learning Python! :)
From: John Salerno on 13 Feb 2006 10:07 Erik Max Francis 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.) That's kind of the ironic thing. When I first saw the word, I thought maybe it was a Python-specific term (even something from a Monty Python skit, even!). My default pronunciation actually was 'toople', but then I looked it up to be sure and saw that it comes from words like quadruple, quintuple, etc. Well, even then, I was pronouncing those words in my head as 'quintoople', 'sextoople', etc., so that didn't really clarify it for me! But I think 'quintuple' is probably the more popular choice, which makes 'tuple' sound more correct, so to speak. I still have a warm spot for 'toople', though, since that's what I called it first, but somehow 'tuple' seems less silly (and less like tupping!) :)
From: Grant Edwards on 13 Feb 2006 10:19 On 2006-02-13, John Salerno <johnjsal(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > Markus Wankus wrote: > >> I'm not sure, but I think it is pronounced "m?nage ? trois". > > LOL. You guys are hilarious. I think I made the right decision > to start learning Python! :) Of course! What did you expect from devotees of a language named after one of the greatest comedy shows in TV history? -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Edwin Meese made me at wear CORDOVANS!! visi.com
From: John Salerno on 13 Feb 2006 10:54 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2006-02-13, John Salerno <johnjsal(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: >> Markus Wankus wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure, but I think it is pronounced "m?nage ? trois". >> LOL. You guys are hilarious. I think I made the right decision >> to start learning Python! :) > > Of course! What did you expect from devotees of a language > named after one of the greatest comedy shows in TV history? > Well, I hope this doesn't make me lose credibility, but I've actually never seen the show! I saw Holy Grail several years ago, though. But I'm very curious about this whole cheese shop skit, so when I get home tonight I'm going to download it. :)
From: Steve Holden on 13 Feb 2006 10:54
John Salerno wrote: > Erik Max Francis 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.) > > > That's kind of the ironic thing. When I first saw the word, I thought > maybe it was a Python-specific term (even something from a Monty Python > skit, even!). My default pronunciation actually was 'toople', but then I > looked it up to be sure and saw that it comes from words like quadruple, > quintuple, etc. Well, even then, I was pronouncing those words in my > head as 'quintoople', 'sextoople', etc., so that didn't really clarify > it for me! But I think 'quintuple' is probably the more popular choice, > which makes 'tuple' sound more correct, so to speak. > > I still have a warm spot for 'toople', though, since that's what I > called it first, but somehow 'tuple' seems less silly (and less like > tupping!) :) No, no, no. The correct pronunciation is "tyoople" (or, if you're being lazy, "choople"). Anything else is wrong, but we English are usually prepared to forgive foreigners their ignorance :-) [If I pronounced as badly as I type nobody would ever know what I was saying]. not-that-we're-arrogant-or-anything-ly y'rs - steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ |