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Do people pronounce trie as 'try' or 'tree'? I pronounce it as 'tree,' which is why it took me a second to catch the pun.
by yan 17y ago
Do people pronounce trie as 'try' or 'tree'? I pronounce it as 'tree,' which is why it took me a second to catch the pun.
- astine 17y agoPhonetically, it should be 'try,' but I don't know how it is pronounced usually.
- bmm6o 17y agoThe etymology suggests that you should pronounce it "tree". The argument for pronouncing it "try" is to avoid creating a homophone with the other (more popular) data structure. I would pronounce it "try", but honestly it doesn't come up in conversation as much as I would like.
- elblanco 17y agoI've heard both with equal frequency.
- fallintothis 17y agoI actually pronounce it "tree-eye", even though that's all sorts of incorrect.