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La(like law)-tech

by bebop 5y ago

La(like law)-tech

chrisseaton 5y ago
> La(like law)-tech That's definitely not how you pronounce LaTeX. Wikipedia recommends LAH-tekh or LAY-tekh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJYBqvTllgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJYBqvTllgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQeXvwx6gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQeXvwx6gE
- zerocrates 5y ago
  I'd say "la (like law)-tech" is pretty much the same as "LAH-tekh", minus the indicated emphasis.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    Guess it depends how you pronounce 'law' then ha! I can't start 'law' with 'lah' no matter how hard I try - 'lah-ore' maybe?
    - floren 5y ago
      Ah, glancing at your profile I think you're hitting the traditional English problem of pronouncing letters which aren't there :) "To be forced to sawr into such rawr meat should be against the lawr" It's nicely counterpointed by the other habit of not pronouncing letters which are there, like in Worchestershire.
  - electroly 5y ago
    Your accent exhibits the "cot-caught" merger, then. Those are two different sounds in most accents.
- Asraelite 5y ago
  IPA is really needed here. When you wrote LAH I wasn't sure if you meant /lɑ/ or /læ/. Likewise for "law": is it meant to be /lɑ/ or /lɔ/? It's not clear because the word is pronounced differently in different dialects. For reference, Wikipedia recommends /ˈlɑtɛx/ and /ˈleɪtɛx/, and the two linked videos use /lə'tɛk/ and /ˈleɪtɛk/ respectively.
  - matt-attack 5y ago
    I’m baffled that IPA is ever needed. I’ve always preferred this style pro-nun-see-AYEE-shun. What is lacks in perfect clarity it makes up for in instant readability. How on earth could LAH be ambiguous now?
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  I always say latex just because it makes pedants grit their teeth, and then just for fun randomly pronounce it correctly. A lot of CS people need to learn to chill a bit.
- Sporktacular 5y ago
  Right, so whoever wrote the software decided to give it a name identical to an existing English word, but would then balk at it being 'mispronounced'? If the developer didn't care enough about avoiding confusion then why the hell should I? Case-sensitive naming is dumb.
analognoise 5y ago
Yeah but in English, if everyone pronounces it wrong and you wait 100 years (now more like 20), it will become the default pronunciation via a special rule used by speakers and codified nowhere.

La(like law)-tech

by bebop 5y ago

La(like law)-tech

> La(like law)-tech That's definitely not how you pronounce LaTeX. Wikipedia recommends LAH-tekh or LAY-tekh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJYBqvTllgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJYBqvTllgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQeXvwx6gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQeXvwx6gE

zerocrates 5y ago
I'd say "la (like law)-tech" is pretty much the same as "LAH-tekh", minus the indicated emphasis.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  Guess it depends how you pronounce 'law' then ha! I can't start 'law' with 'lah' no matter how hard I try - 'lah-ore' maybe?
  - floren 5y ago
    Ah, glancing at your profile I think you're hitting the traditional English problem of pronouncing letters which aren't there :) "To be forced to sawr into such rawr meat should be against the lawr" It's nicely counterpointed by the other habit of not pronouncing letters which are there, like in Worchestershire.
- electroly 5y ago
  Your accent exhibits the "cot-caught" merger, then. Those are two different sounds in most accents.
Asraelite 5y ago
IPA is really needed here. When you wrote LAH I wasn't sure if you meant /lɑ/ or /læ/. Likewise for "law": is it meant to be /lɑ/ or /lɔ/? It's not clear because the word is pronounced differently in different dialects. For reference, Wikipedia recommends /ˈlɑtɛx/ and /ˈleɪtɛx/, and the two linked videos use /lə'tɛk/ and /ˈleɪtɛk/ respectively.
- matt-attack 5y ago
  I’m baffled that IPA is ever needed. I’ve always preferred this style pro-nun-see-AYEE-shun. What is lacks in perfect clarity it makes up for in instant readability. How on earth could LAH be ambiguous now?
stjohnswarts 5y ago
I always say latex just because it makes pedants grit their teeth, and then just for fun randomly pronounce it correctly. A lot of CS people need to learn to chill a bit.
Sporktacular 5y ago
Right, so whoever wrote the software decided to give it a name identical to an existing English word, but would then balk at it being 'mispronounced'? If the developer didn't care enough about avoiding confusion then why the hell should I? Case-sensitive naming is dumb.

analognoise 5y ago

Yeah but in English, if everyone pronounces it wrong and you wait 100 years (now more like 20), it will become the default pronunciation via a special rule used by speakers and codified nowhere.