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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (48 children)

Curious, is anyone pronouncing them the same or does this only work in text?

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (35 children)

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.

[–] corvi@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago (15 children)

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

[–] rImITywR@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

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

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