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Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video] by Retr0spectrum on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:39AM (#16273706)
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.

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Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video] by erikb on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:29AM (#16274555)
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".

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Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video] by dhimes on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:59AM (#16273819)
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.
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Re:Xi: an editor for the next 20 years [video] by mixmastamyk on Thursday February 01, 2018 @11:49AM (#16283313)
Portuguese also.
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