I had a paleontology professor as an undergrad who did reptile as rep-tul (reptle, maybe?), and I kind of loved it. I have no idea where he picked it up, he was

I had a paleontology professor as an undergrad who did reptile as rep-tul (reptle, maybe?), and I kind of loved it. I have no idea where he picked it up, he was from middle America and had a solidly American accent. He was quite old at the time, though, so maybe it was from when he was a kid.