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Never I would have guessed that "xi" is pronounces "gsai". I would pronounce it "shee" (like chinese) or "ksai" (english) or "ksee" (german). Also, I don't thi
by erikb 9y ago
Never I would have guessed that "xi" is pronounces "gsai". I would pronounce it "shee" (like chinese) or "ksai" (english) or "ksee" (german).
Also, I don't thin we need another editor with a pluggable focus. It's not true that you need plugins to a text editor. It is plugged into an environment that also contains all the other things you need. It interacts via "open file", "read file", "write file" and "close file" with the other tools. It basically _IS_ the plugin for editing files.
And if you really want an editor containing plugins, then there's a load of it out there. You can start with all the IDEs, you can start with Emacs, you can start even with Neovim or Atom. This is not a feature that needs another project.
- RandomCSGeek 9y agoThey say it's pronounced "Zigh". I am a non-native English speaker, so I am not even going to try to question this.
- erikb 9y agoThanks. However "z" is also not really a clear sound, right? "ds" or "ssss" or "tsss". Naturally I would interpret "zigh" very similar to "sigh" but since "sigh" is a real thing I think there is a reason why you write "zigh" instead. Anyway each hint is helpful. I'll google for that.
- NoahTheDuke 9y agoTo help out, let me point you to the English phonology page on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology . Specifically, look into the 'Voiced alveolar sibilant', the 'z' in English. That's the sound you're looking for, as it's the one used by Raph in the linked talk. For completeness, the vowel is the dipthong 'aɪ', pronounced like the 'i' in the word 'price', discussed on the same wiki page.
- erikb 9y agoGreat resource, thanks a lot! I think this is really the stuff you can't learn in high school education and have to learn by yourself. There our teachers are native Germans as well and while they are probably better than the average second language English learner they can't be perfect either. In Chinese the "x" would be pronounced like that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_fric... So not really a "sh-" either, but English doesn't have that sound at all I believe.
- Retr0spectrum 9y agoAlmost every English word that starts with an X has a "z" sound. e.g. xenon, xylophone, xiphoid. In fact, I can't think of any exceptions. "zigh" as a pronunciation seems natural to me.
- dhimes 9y agoYeah, but when you ask a Chinese person how to pronounce Xi or Xiu the X -> sh. That's why I went with Shee also when I read this.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoPortuguese also.
- erikb 9y agoThat's really good to know (although I'm not sure how the "z" is pronounced in that case either). I always say "ksenon", "ksülofown" (ü is a sound between -e and -u and funnily exists in German and Chinese but not English), "ksifoid".