Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by Retr0spectrum on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:39AM
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Almost every English word that starts with an X has a "z" sound. e.g. xenon, xylophone, xiphoid. In fact, I can't think of any exceptions.
"zigh" as a pronunciation seems natural to me.
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by erikb on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:29AM
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That's really good to know (although I'm not sure how the "z" is pronounced in that case either).
I always say "ksenon", "ksülofown" (ü is a sound between -e and -u and funnily exists in German and Chinese but not English), "ksifoid".
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by dhimes on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:59AM
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Yeah, but when you ask a Chinese person how to pronounce Xi or Xiu the X -> sh. That's why I went with Shee also when I read this.
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by mixmastamyk on Thursday February 01, 2018 @11:49AM
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Portuguese also.
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by RandomCSGeek on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:02AM
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They say it's pronounced "Zigh". I am a non-native English speaker, so I am not even going to try to question this.
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by erikb on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:26AM
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Thanks. However "z" is also not really a clear sound, right? "ds" or "ssss" or "tsss". Naturally I would interpret "zigh" very similar to "sigh" but since "sigh" is a real thing I think there is a reason why you write "zigh" instead.
Anyway each hint is helpful. I'll google for that.
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by NoahTheDuke on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:54PM
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To help out, let me point you to the English phonology page on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology . Specifically, look into the 'Voiced alveolar sibilant', the 'z' in English. That's the sound you're looking for, as it's the one used by Raph in the linked talk.
For completeness, the vowel is the dipthong 'aɪ', pronounced like the 'i' in the word 'price', discussed on the same wiki page.
Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video]
by erikb on Friday February 02, 2018 @04:28AM
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Great resource, thanks a lot! I think this is really the stuff you can't learn in high school education and have to learn by yourself. There our teachers are native Germans as well and while they are probably better than the average second language English learner they can't be perfect either.
In Chinese the "x" would be pronounced like that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_fric...
So not really a "sh-" either, but English doesn't have that sound at all I believe.
Also, I don't thin we need another editor with a pluggable focus. It's not true that you need plugins to a text editor. It is plugged into an environment that also contains all the other things you need. It interacts via "open file", "read file", "write file" and "close file" with the other tools. It basically _IS_ the plugin for editing files.
And if you really want an editor containing plugins, then there's a load of it out there. You can start with all the IDEs, you can start with Emacs, you can start even with Neovim or Atom. This is not a feature that needs another project.