Why the fuck is it pronounced lay-tech

>>8304473
for the same reason as "jif"

>>8304473
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX#Pronouncing_and_writing_.22LaTeX.22

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Because if you Google "latex", you'll get fetish stuff.

>>8304473

It's not, it's pronounced lah-tekh

I was always told it was pronounced Lah Tek

No it's lay tek

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>mfw spics pronounce it "LA TEK"

>>8306640
kek

>>8304473
Holy fuck, I made it through all of grad school without knowing this. I've only seen it written.

I pronounce it Latex because that's how it's spelled. Why the fuck would you make your acronym LaTeX and then not pronounce it like that? Anyone who has an issue with this is a fucking autist and I am happy to annoy them

It's /'latɛx/

>>8306802
The X is supposed to be the Greek Chi.

>>8306875
this is the most pretentious thing i have read today.

>>8306809
we don't have /x/ in english, so people say /k/ instead.

The final letter is chi, not x

>>8304473
It's pronounced Lah-Tech

>>8308733
I checked the Unicode and it's spelled with an X, not [\chi]. See the difference?

>>8308741
if you're writing LaTeX in LaTeX, you use [\latex{}].

However, anyone who actually uses [\latex{}] is an enormously pretentious asshole.

>>8308635
plebs

>>8304473
TeX is pronounced tech but LaTeX is pronounced latex unless you're a pretentious retard.