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Article #5128Re: TeX pronounciation
From: Harold E. Bamford
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 16:16
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 16:16
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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. According to Knuth's book on TeX, the word is pronounced with a "K" sound on the end except that it is accompanied with a lot of exhalation. In fact, he says that saying the word will cause your terminal to become slightly moist! As to why: the letters are really Greek letters, not Roman... OK, I've got my asbestos suit on -- turn on the SILLY FLAMERS!!!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!pacbell!att!ihlpf!bamford From: bamford@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Harold E. Bamford) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX pronounciation Keywords: How, why? Message-ID: <6048@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Sep 88 16:16:16 GMT References: <374@polyof.UUCP> Reply-To: bamford@ihlpf.UUCP (Harold E. Bamford) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 14