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How do people usually pronounce numpy? num-pee or num-pie?
by geenew 4y ago
How do people usually pronounce numpy? num-pee or num-pie?
- bradrn 4y agoI use the latter, mostly since it has the same vowel as in ‘Python’.
- curious_cat_163 4y agoI use "num-pee". It seems like the "correct" English pronunciation because of words like these: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-that-end-in-py https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-that-end-in-py However, it does not surprise/bother me if someone goes for "num-pie".
- atoav 4y ago> However, it does not surprise/bother me if someone goes for "num-pie". I mean the Py comes from python where it certainly sounds more like pie. The real question then is: How would the file ending .py be pronounced?
- anigbrowl 4y agosource code dot pie
- japanman425 4y ago
- _huayra_ 4y agofwiw I have never met a native English speaker who says "num-pee". Although -py = "pee" for most English words, this random made-up proper noun is yet again another weird English exception...
- zarzavat 4y agoIt's two abbreviations joined together Num- and Py- so they keep their pronunciation. You'd have to ask why is Python pronounced as "pai"? Another example with similar pronunciation is Pythagoras. That's a less easy question to answer due to words like pyramid, pygmy that start with a reduced i sound (sorry can't type IPA on my phone). When you have a consonant and a Y, it's generally quite common for that Y to make an "ai" sound. Like bylaw, dynamo, kyle, lying, rye, xylophone. So I'd say that Python's pronunciation is unexceptional. In the case of pyramid, it comes from French pyramide so it follows the pronunciation of French. It's worth noting that both pyramid and pygmy have alternate/misspellings that use "pi" which shows that their spelling as "py" is not very natural to native speakers.
- theLiminator 4y agoWish people would pronounce regex with the same logic
- mijamo 4y agoDon't they? I always used that rule and pronounced it as in REGular EXpression. Do people say it differently? Like a soft g and long e like in "regent"?
- _huayra_ 4y agoIt is easier to make the "j" said for "rejex". The "g" sound is more effortful (it is "made" more in the back of the mouth, compared to "j"). Laziness wins the day again on pronunciation xD
- bee_rider 4y agoI would pronounce it “regular expression.” I can see shortening it in text, it is a lot of letters, but reg-eks seems only marginally shorter than “regular expression” and the latter has normal, easy flowing words without weird stop in the middle. “Reglr spression” “Regula espressen.”
- laserlight 4y ago
- skelpmargyar 4y agoI say num-pee because it sounds more funny. It's a good contrast to the cold, lifeless, calculating heart of modern scientific computing.
- nvrspyx 4y agoConsidering the capital P in NumPy, I've come to assume that the Py is meant to be pronounced as in Python, thus "num-pie"
- medo-bear 4y agoNumPy is camel case for Num-Py
- eesmith 4y agoYouGlish is a handy resource for this sort of question. 209 video clips with searchable transcripts use "NumPy": https://youglish.com/pronounce/NumPy/english https://youglish.com/pronounce/NumPy/english? Out of the first 16 clips I checked (which contain a few duplicate speakers), all say "num-pie". Next, "sqlite": https://youglish.com/pronounce/sqlite/english https://youglish.com/pronounce/sqlite/english? 15 for "sequel-light", 1 for "S-Q-L-light". 430 left to check. I recently learned YouGlish also supports other languages! Here's how French people say "Python" - https://youglish.com/pronounce/python/french https://youglish.com/pronounce/python/french? For a word that blew my mind when I first saw it, here are 68 clips of the German word "Höchstgeschwindigkeit": https://youglish.com/pronounce/H%C3%B6chstgeschwindigkeit/german https://youglish.com/pronounce/H%C3%B6chstgeschwindigkeit/ge...? .
- heywhatupboys 4y agoSQL is pronounced like squirrel if you are not afraid
- seanhunter 4y ago> 15 for "sequel-light", 1 for "S-Q-L-light". 430 left to check. It has to be pronounced in the French fashion: Liberté, Fraternité and Sequalité
- sdiq 4y agoChecked MySQL and i see almost everyone pronounces it as My Sequel. Well, with the exception of Marten Mickos, who was the CEO of MySQL before same was acquired by Sun Microsystems. I guess, this would be another tomato, tomahto.
- windsignaling 4y agoIf in doubt, you can always check out the Lex Fridman podcast with Numpy creator Travis Oliphant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFEE3w7F0ww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFEE3w7F0ww They pronounce the "Py" as "pie".
- prepend 4y agoI first read numpy all in lower case as imports and pronounced it num-pee, rhyming with “this road is bumpy.” I am frequently stupidly oblivious, so the first time I noticed the docs spelling it “NumPy” I thought that an odd spelling for a package called num-pee. Only when I heard it in a presentation did it all click and I laughed at my misunderstanding. I now attempt to say “num-pie” but frequently mispronounce in error.