Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Pronunciation Keywords: How do you say this? Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 89 19:11:24 GMT References: <20874@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 22 In article <20874@unix.cis.pitt.edu> ern@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J Obusek) writes: > TeX > LaTeX Chapter one of "The TeX Book" is devoted to how to pronounce "TeX". It should rhyme with Bleeechh and you're monitor should become slightly moist. Chapter one of "The LaTeX book" says that you can do it anyway you want... except "L A TeX" (I guess he doesn't want to to look like L. A. Law :) ) Lah Teeechh, Lay Teeechh, Latex (as in the paint) are all fine. I've been told that when lecturing about LaTeX, Lamport is known to have used the three "proper" ways randomly and with about 1/3 distribution each. -Tom -- Tom Limoncelli -- limonce@pilot.njin.net -- tlimonce@drunivac.bitnet rutgers!njin!tlimonce -- Drew University, Madison, NJ -- 201-408-5389 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com