It’s pronounced yiff, right?
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CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 1 month agoI’ve not heard anyone pronounce them the same, but I don’t doubt they’re out there. Probably a decent overlap with the people who pronounce GIF like the peanut butter.
Wolf@lemmy.today 1 month ago
the people who pronounce GIF like the peanut butter.
I call it ‘Jiff’ and will defend it to the death, for no other reason than I think it’s hilarious to have a very strong opinion on something so irrelevant. People get soo mad about it :D
echodot@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I always like to point out that outside of the US, Jiff means drain cleaner, although maybe that’s just a commentary on the quality of the peanut butter. Although frankly it doesn’t make the acronym any less ridiculous.
Wolf@lemmy.today 1 month ago
The PB is spelled Jif, not Jiff.
The acronym isn’t ridiculous, it’s how the creator of the acronym pronounced it. People should be able to name their own babies.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
People should be able to name their own babies.
Tell that to the SQL folks.
And yes, it’s “sequel”. And “gif” like “gift”.
bss03@infosec.pub 1 month ago
People should be able to name their own babies.
I disagree. I think persons should name themselves. But, I understand there are practicalities that require some name to be assigned by outsiders at least until the person can talk.
For things that aren’t conscious or are incapable of speech, I think we collectively assign a name. I’m fine giving higher weight to the name chosen by the “creator” or “discover”, but I’m not fine with giving them veto power / final cut.
0x0@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Welcome to the internet, have a cookie.
corvi@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I guess I’m one of them. I’ve never used LaTeX, but I don’t know how else I’d pronounce that.
piranhaconda@mander.xyz 1 month ago
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
starman@programming.dev 1 month ago
IIRC it’s creator said it’s Lay-tech
bss03@infosec.pub 1 month ago
It’s “Lay” because it’s borrowed from / referencing “lay person” i.e. not a member of the (TeX) priesthood.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The tex there has the Greek letter chi at the end and is supposed to be reminiscent of a Greek route for which we derived the word technique: techne or τέχνη. The tex there is just pronounced tech usually. The original intention I believe was for it to sound like the ch in loch or bach but that sound isn’t common in modern English.
matiamas@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not to be too pedantic, the modern Greek chi is a voiceless velar fricative (or in some cases a voiceless palatal fricative) rather than uvular. The velar location is the same place English pronounces the letter k, uvular is a bit further back, more like the French r. It’s a little confusing because the IPA uses the chi symbol for the voiceless uvular fricative even though Greek doesn’t pronounce it that way. In Klingon, the voiceless velar fricative is written as H (I believe gh is a voiced velar fricative rather than uvular as well). I think the uvular consonants are q and Q. Apologies if my pedantry was unwelcome
roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hey I’m regularly wrong and don’t mind being corrected.
0x0@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Uvular fricative somehow reminds me of friction of the vulva.
They’re nor related, are they?
superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Vulva or uvula?
MTK@lemmy.world 1 month ago
La-tech
rImITywR@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The ‘X’ at the end of LaTeX is actually a capitol chi, so it pronounced with a ‘k’ sound.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 month ago
It’s actually a ch-sound, as in Bach. But Knuth also thinks the k-pronunciation is fine.
Windex007@lemmy.world 1 month ago
My PhD supervisor insisted it was “Law-tex”
kayohtie@pawb.social 1 month ago
That’s how you can tell if someone is into latex (kink), they don’t feel comfortable calling LaTeX (tech) by the same pronunciation around people.