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I 🖤 LaTeX (mander.xyz)

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[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lay-tech or Lah-tech is how I've been told it's pronounced, don't ask which one is correct, I don't know

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[–] starman@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

IIRC its creator said it's Lay-tech

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[–] bss03@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

It's "Lay" because it's borrowed from / referencing "lay person" i.e. not a member of the (TeX) priesthood.

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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The last sound being one that afaik doesn't exist in English. It's like the j in jalapeño but waaay guttural. It's the Greek letter χ.

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