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From: tsf@arizona.edu (Ted Frohling @ CCIT-Telcommunications, University of Arizona)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: TeX pronounciation
Keywords: How, why?
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Date: 8 Sep 88 19:55:52 GMT
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Reply-To: tsf@arizona.edu (Ted Frohling)
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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I quote from page 1 of the TeXbook, by Knuth:

"Insiders pronounce the x of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that
TeX rhymes with the word blecchhh.  It's the `ch' sond in Scottish words
like *loch* or German words like *ach*; it's a Spanish `j' and a Russian
`kh'.  When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become
slighlty moist."

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