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PronunciationCategories: FAQ << | Page list | >>And how are those weird names pronounced?§ TeXThe FAQ of the TeX User Group (TUG) says: The 'X' is "really" the Greek letter Chi, and is pronounced by English-speakers either a bit like the 'ch' in the Scots word 'loch' ([x] in the IPA) or like 'k'. It definitely is not pronounced 'ks' (the Greek letter with that sound doesn't look remotely like the Latin alphabet 'X').
§ LaTeXThe FAQ of the TeX User Group (TUG) says: Lamport never recommended how one should pronounce LaTeX, but a lot of people pronounce it 'Lay TeX', 'Lay Tech' or perhaps 'Lah TeX' (with TeX pronounced as the program itself; see the rules for TeX). It is definitely not to be pronounced in the same way as the rubber-tree gum. The 'epsilon' in 'LaTeX2e' is supposed to be suggestive of a small improvement over the old LaTeX 2.09. Nevertheless, most people pronounce the name as 'LaTeX-two-ee'. § LyXAs you can see in this thread and this one, there's no real consensus. Proposals from the developers include:
Proposals from users include:
Some consensus is:
The "official truth", according to the Wikipedia:
Conclusion:
Threads where this was discussed:
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