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piranhaconda@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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starman@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
IIRC it’s creator said it’s Lay-tech

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- bss03@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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