Re: Syllabic consonants (was: Re: Beek)
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 15, 2003, 21:10 |
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:48:51PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Mark J. Reed scripsit:
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> > One more note: LaTeX is pronounced [lA'tEk], not ['lej.teks].
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> Really? TeX is [tEx], so I would assume that LaTeX is [lAtEx].
> (TeX is short for "techne".)
[snip]
As usual, John is right. Pronouncing the /x/ as [k] is for people whose
mothertongue is handicapped with the lack of [x]. ;-)
T
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