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by bruceboughton 5779 days ago
How is "trie" pronounced? Like "try"?
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According to Wikipedia:

Following the etymology, the inventor, Edward Fredkin, pronounces it /ˈtriː/ "tree".However, it is pronounced /ˈtraɪ/ "try" by other authors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie