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Well it does lack that final -e of archive, and—fun fact!—like LaTeX which I know as ['la:teç], arXiv could plausibly be pronounced [ar'çi:f] in German although
by DemocracyFTW2 1y ago
Well it does lack that final -e of archive, and—fun fact!—like LaTeX which I know as ['la:teç], arXiv could plausibly be pronounced [ar'çi:f] in German although I've never heard anyone pronounce that name. So why is it arXiv not at least arXive with an -e?
- IshKebab 1y agoBecause they're trying to be quirky I guess, but it is still unmistakably a weird spelling of "archive" (especially given the context).