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From: James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of tuple
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:40:38 +0100
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On 16/08/2024 15:57, David Brown wrote:
> On 16/08/2024 12:38, Brian Morrison wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:34:00 +0200
>> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
>>
>>>>     (Another similar debate is how to say "router.")
>>>
>>> That one is a lot clearer.  In British English, the word "route" is
>>> pronounced the same as "root".  In American English, it is pronounced
>>> the same as "rout" (rhyming with "out").  So obviously the correct
>>> pronunciation is like "root-er" :-)
>>
>> Unless you're talking about the device used to cut channels in pieces
>> of wood, in which it is rout-er.
>>
> 
> Of course.  But that is from the stem "rout", rather than "route".  (The 
> word "rout", pronounced the way Americans pronounce "route", has several 
> other meanings such as an alternative for a bull's bellow, or chasing an 
> enemy off the battlefield.  I have no idea how Americans pronounce "rout".)
> 

Thanks for pointing that out. I'd never thought about why in British 
English we say rout-er and route-er but what you say makes sense.


-- 
James Harris