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Re:Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong by havan_agrawal on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:40PM (#43440570)
I had a lot of trouble with "tuple": is it "too-pul", "tyu-pul" (like pupil) or "tupple" (like supple). I've heard it pronounced all ways by now
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Re:Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong by zinckiwi on Friday March 21, 2025 @06:36PM (#43441474)
I go with tupple. There is precedent (see: tuppence).
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Re:Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong by hnuser123456 on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:45PM (#43440629)
I read it as tupple.
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Re:Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong by CookiesOnMyDesk on Friday March 21, 2025 @05:25PM (#43440972)
two-ple, tri-ple, quadru-ple
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