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Article #1298ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of `NeXT'
From: Patrick van der Smagt
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:04
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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