Re: GIF prononciation. Word from the CREATOR!
From Jennifer N. Young <bei...@garnet.berkeley.edu>
· alt.ascii-art
· 5 Jan 1995 14:10 · View full thread
In article <3e9lta$c5...@hpscit.sc.hp.com>,
Mike Nakagawa <mik...@news.an.hp.com> wrote:
|> Point: How do you pronounce LaTeX? Pronunciation rules say: 'lay teks';
|> computer users say 'la tech'.
Actually I think Don Knuth borrowed TeX from Greek, and in Greek it's
pronunced as 'tek'? Since LaTeX is built upon TeX, it's naturally 'laytek'.
|> My vote has just changed from 'soft g' to 'both/either' as in 'gibberish'.
Agree ...
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