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From: drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: TeX pronounciation
Keywords: How, why?
Message-ID: <599@intvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 88 14:47:33 GMT
References: <374@polyof.UUCP>
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Org. 1411, Albq, NM
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From the TeX book 
" Insiders pronounce the \chi of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an "x", so that TeX
rhymes with the word blecchhh; it's the `ch' sound in Scottish words like 
{\em loch} or German words like [\em ach}; it's a Spanish `j' and a Russian
`kh'. When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become
slightly moist."

Now, for bonus credit: the word `blecchhh' looks suspiciously like something
from mad magazine. What is the connection between Mad and DEK?

David Strip. (drstrip@sandia-2.arpa)
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