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In article <374@polyof.UUCP> paul@polyof.UUCP (A1 Mr. Curran) writes:

> 	How does one pronounce the term "TeX."  There seem to be two
> factions, one that says it's like TEK and another that says it's TEX
> as in TEXas or TEXt.  If it's TEK howcome it's pronounced that way; I
> can't think of any english words that sound X that way.  Also it would
> seem more reasonable to say LATEX than LATEK.  Just curious.

The reason why "TeX" is pronounced "tek/tech/tecchh" is described on page 1 of
Knuth's THE TEXBOOK.

Around here, the factions are "lay-tech" vs. "lah-tech".  Lamport said he 
wanted usage to determine the pronunciation, so he's no help.  I say "lay-tech"
because 1) the t-e-x root comes from "TeX" so I figure it should be pronounced
that way, and 2) the full word looks like the word "latex" ("lay-tex"), so I
figure the first syllable should similarly have the long "a".

Question for the factions out there in French-speaking countries: how is it
pronounced in French?  "la lah-tech"?  "le lah-tech"?  "la lay-tech"?  "le
lay-tech"?   
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Chris Jarocha-Ernst
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