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• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Depending on the time. In ancient Greek it was /k^h^/ (aspirated k, basically the normal k in English) which turned to /x/ as you said but neither is wRoNG, especially when your native language doesn’t have one if the sounds

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  • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The k-sound is used when the chi is prefixed in front of certain vowels. The ch-sound is the truly correct pronunciation here, there’s no history involved for that.

    Knuth, the guy who coined it, also says the ch-sound is the correct one, though he also says the k-sound is also acceptable. As long as you do not use the ks-sound at least :)

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    • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Knuth is the perfect nerd, publishing a package where people are still discussing how to pronounce its name close to 50 years after.

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    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are you saying that the historical pronunciation is irrelevant or are you denying language change?

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      • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The historical pronunciation of this letter is irrelevant because it’s a modern word with a modern pronunciation.

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had no idea that a software typesetting system was that old. Is that what Homer used to typeset the Odyssey?

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    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes

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