Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 09:13:36 -0400 From: "Donald R. Tyson" <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Subject: Re: How is "TeX" typically pronounced? Message-ID: <200005091313.JAA14249@radagast.wizard.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 May 2000 18:49:25 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005081847130.42811-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Meddling here, but Professor Knuth is pretty clear on this in his book (page 1, The TeXbook): ``Insiders pronounce the X of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that TeX rhymes with the word **blecchh**. (emphasis added). ... When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become slightly moist.'' Not sure whether this meets the definition of ``effectively pronounce'' or not, but it's what the author of TeX says. Don Tyson > On 9 May 2000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > > How do English speakers effectively pronounce "TeX"? > > "Tek", although some of my co-students pronounce it "Tex". > > Kris > > ---- > In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. > -- Charles Forsythe <forsythe@alum.mit.edu> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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