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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of tuple
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:57:35 +0200
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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".)