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+<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
+Chi,
+and is pronounced by English-speakers either a bit like the 'ch' in
+the Scots word 'loch' ([x] in the IPA) or 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'; the logo TeX is
+merely the uppercase version of the first three (Greek) letters of the
+word.
+<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>
+</body>