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From: raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation.  Request for references.
Summary: Please cite references.
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Date: 29 Nov 89 22:38:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: haines@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (Matt Haines)

Please don't post pronunciations without references.  I doubt
the original poster cared how YOU pronounced them; he wanted to 
know what the "correct" pronunciations are.

Bearing that in mind, here are the "official" pronunciations, with 
references.

GNU = guh-new [1]
nroff = en-roff [2]
troff = tee-roff [2]
TeX = Te@, where @ is a back-of-the-throat sound [3]
LaTeX = no official pronunciation [4]

[1] "To avoid horrible confusion, please pronounce the `G' in the word `GNU'
when it is the name of this project.", from the GNU Manifesto, R. Stallman.

[2] "The UNIX Programming Environment", page 289, by Kernighan and Pike.

[3] "The TeXbook", chapter 1 "The Name of the Game", by Don Knuth.

[4] "The LaTeX Book", chapter 1.3 "The Game of the Name", by Leslie Lamport.
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