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From: beijing@garnet.berkeley.edu (Jennifer N. Young)
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Subject: Re: GIF prononciation.  Word from the CREATOR!
Date: 5 Jan 1995 14:10:04 GMT
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In article <3e9lta$c5b@hpscit.sc.hp.com>,
Mike Nakagawa <miken@news.an.hp.com> wrote:
|> Point: How do you pronounce LaTeX?  Pronunciation rules say: 'lay teks';
|> computer users say 'la tech'.

Actually I think Don Knuth borrowed TeX from Greek, and in Greek it's
pronunced as 'tek'?  Since LaTeX is built upon TeX, it's naturally 'laytek'.

|> My vote has just changed from 'soft g' to 'both/either' as in 'gibberish'.

Agree ...
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