Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc. (2017)

Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by politelemon on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:45AM (#25713305)

TIL: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/17509

> English words like ‘technology’ stem from a Greek root beginning with the letters τεχ...; and this same Greek word means art as well as technology. Hence the name TeX, which is an uppercase form of τεχ.

> Insiders pronounce the χ of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an ‘x’, so that TeX rhymes with the word blecchhh. It’s the ‘ch’ sound in Scottish words like loch or German words like ach; it’s a Spanish ‘j’ and a Russian ‘kh’. When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become slightly moist.

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:40PM (#25717121)

From your link though, Leslie Lamport disagrees with Knuth (whom I like to pronounce "nuth" but is actually pronounced "ka-nuth").

I'm Greek and I pronounce LaTeX as "LAY-tek". I just tried pronouncing it "LAY-tech" with a Greek "chi" sound ("λέει-τεχ") and I sounded so silly I almost spat my coffee all over my monitor (only "almost" because I wasn't drinking any coffee). Ain't no way I'm calling it that.

And note that, being Greek, I can actually pronounce "χ" correctly. Most Native English-speaking folks I've heard trying to do the same sound like they're in immediate need of someone administering the Heimleich manoeuver to them.

Btw, I pronounce "Heimlich" with a Greek "χ" also. I bet most native English-speaking folks pronounce it elsewise. Perhaps as "Heimlick".

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by aksss on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:53PM (#25718904)

A Heimlicker, I can confirm.

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:46PM (#25723725)

Thanks. Also: elsewise --> otherwise. Oops.

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by cbm-vic-20 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:07AM (#25716024)

Likewise, LaTeX isn't pronounced as the rubber derivative, but as "Lah-tecchh" /ˈlɑːtɛx/ (IPA via Wikipedia)

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by phreack on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:36PM (#25717079)

Have you ever heard of people pronouncing it like that?

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Re:Common pronunciations of Linux directories, commands, etc... by kwk1 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:37AM (#25743201)

That is how I pronounce it.

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