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ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of `NeXT'

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From: Patrick van der Smagt
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:04
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Previously, the name of Steve Jobs' computer had been erroneously pronounced very much like  
the word `next', much confusion arising from that.  Obviously, this was a mistake.  I will  
gladly remind all listeners of the following:

"Insiders pronouce the X of NeXT as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that NeXT rhymes with the  
word blecchhht.  It's the `ch' sound in Scottish words like {\sl loch\/} or German words like  
{\sl ach\/}; it's a Spanish `j' and a Russian `kh'; it's a Dutch `g' or `ch'.  When you say  
it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become slightly moist.

"On the other hand, it's important to notice another thing about NeXT's name: the `e' is out  
of the kilter.  This displaced `e' is a reminder that NeXT is about displaying TeXT, and it  
distinguishes NeXT from other system names.   In fact, `next' (pronounced {\sl next\/}) is  
the admirable pre-12th century English word meaning `immediately preceding or following (as  
in place, rank, or time)' or `any other considered hypothetically <new it as well as the next  
man>'."

Let us mend our ways.
								Super Patrick
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Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of  `NeXT'
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