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That's clever. X-ING (like those 'crossing' roadsigns), so it's like Search-ching. There's quite some similarity between the CH and the X sound in English. Bu
by keepamovin 3y ago
That's clever. X-ING (like those 'crossing' roadsigns), so it's like Search-ching.
There's quite some similarity between the CH and the X sound in English.
But, as this is HN probably someone with a PhD in comparative phonetics will explain why this is a common and infuriating misunderstanding of layfolken.
- lannisterstark 3y ago^_^' Hah. FWIW, it's a fork of searX. https://github.com/searx/searx https://github.com/searx/searx
- keepamovin 3y agoHahaha! :) Good to know
- nickburns 3y agothe abbreviation "ng" in software development/forking/maintenance evolution denotes 'next generation.'
- yunohn 3y agoX is pronounced as ch in Catalan too. https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/16203/use-of-x-instead-of-ch-in-internetslang#:~:text=x%20is%20pronounced%20%22ch%22%20(,like%20k%20instead%20of%20qu https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/16203/use-of-x-i....