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[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago

I’ve not heard anyone pronounce them the same, but I don’t doubt they’re out there. Probably a decent overlap with the people who pronounce GIF like the peanut butter.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

I guess I’m one of them. I’ve never used LaTeX, but I don’t know how else I’d pronounce that.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The 'X' at the end of \LaTeX is actually a uppercase chi, so it pronounced with a 'k' sound.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It's actually a ch-sound, as in Bach. But Knuth also thinks the k-pronunciation is fine.

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