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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-TeXpronounce.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-TeXpronounce.html index 2da01c865cf..b9b8ad7b430 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-TeXpronounce.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-TeXpronounce.html @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label TeXpronounce</title> </head><body> -<h3>How should I pronounce “TeX”?</h3> -<p/>The ‘X’ is “really” the Greek letter +<h3>How should I pronounce “TeX”?</h3> +<p/>The ‘X’ is “really” the Greek letter Chi, and is pronounced by -English-speakers either a bit like the ‘ch’ in the Scots word ‘loch’ -([x] in the IPA) or (at a pinch, if you can’t do the Greek sound) like -‘k’. It definitely is not pronounced ‘ks’ (the Greek letter with that -sound doesn’t look remotely like the Latin alphabet ‘X’). -<p/>This curious usage derives from Knuth’s explanation in the TeXbook -that the name comes from the Greek word for ‘art’ or ‘craft’ -(‘<em>techni</em>’), -which is the root of the English word ‘technology’. Knuth’s logo for TeX is +English-speakers either a bit like the ‘ch’ in the Scots word ‘loch’ +([x] in the IPA) or (at a pinch, if you can’t do the Greek sound) like +‘k’. It definitely is not pronounced ‘ks’ (the Greek letter with that +sound doesn’t look remotely like the Latin alphabet ‘X’). +<p/>This curious usage derives from Knuth’s explanation in the TeXbook +that the name comes from the Greek word for ‘art’ or ‘craft’ +(‘<em>techni</em>’), +which is the root of the English word ‘technology’. Knuth’s logo for TeX is merely the uppercase version of the first three (Greek) letters of the -word, jiggled about a bit; we don’t use that logo (and logos like it) +word, jiggled about a bit; we don’t use that logo (and logos like it) in this FAQ (see <a href="FAQ-logos.html">Typesetting TeX-related logos</a>). <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=TeXpronounce">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=TeXpronounce</a> |