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The X in "LaTeX" is not an English X but a Greek X (chi). I can't think of any actual English word where the X is pronounced like that. (But yeah, it's not obv
by mooism2 15y ago
The X in "LaTeX" is not an English X but a Greek X (chi). I can't think of any actual English word where the X is pronounced like that.
(But yeah, it's not obvious to me whether "xort" should be pronounced "zort" or "ksort".)
- VigUi7vv8G2 15y agoSo in that case LaTeX is supposed to be pronounced like the spanish word for milk, "Lachee"? (Or I guess 'latechee', technically but if that were the case everyone would drop the 't' sound)
- StavrosK 15y agoWell, it's actually TeX that's pronounced with a chi. Lamport doesn't care either way.