Article View: comp.text
Article #5136Re: TeX pronounciation
From: David R. Strip
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 14:47
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 14:47
12 lines
978 bytes
978 bytes
From the TeX book
" Insiders pronounce the \chi 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
{\em loch} or German words like [\em ach}; it's a Spanish `j' and a Russian
`kh'. When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become
slightly moist."
Now, for bonus credit: the word `blecchhh' looks suspiciously like something
from mad magazine. What is the connection between Mad and DEK?
David Strip. (drstrip@sandia-2.arpa)
{ucbvax, rice, lanl, gatech}!unmvax!intvax!drstrip
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<599@intvax.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!hc!lanl!unm-la!unmvax!intvax!drstripReferences:
<374@polyof.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!hc!lanl!unm-la!unmvax!intvax!drstrip From: drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX pronounciation Keywords: How, why? Message-ID: <599@intvax.UUCP> Date: 8 Sep 88 14:47:33 GMT References: <374@polyof.UUCP> Organization: Sandia National Labs, Org. 1411, Albq, NM Lines: 11