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minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 hours ago There’s already Latex, and the purists calling it Lateh only make it seem like they know and are ashamed. It’s always been pronounced “Lah-tek” or “Lay-tek” (not “Lateh”). That’s because it comes from Greek where X makes a K sound.
minus-squareOneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoKnuth’s book states plainly that the X sounds like the ‘ch’ in the Scottish word “Loch”. (Or the ‘h’ in hawk-tua for more modern readers.)
It’s always been pronounced “Lah-tek” or “Lay-tek” (not “Lateh”). That’s because it comes from Greek where X makes a K sound.
Knuth’s book states plainly that the X sounds like the ‘ch’ in the Scottish word “Loch”. (Or the ‘h’ in hawk-tua for more modern readers.)