Re: [TeX-music] Pronunciation of MusiXTeX

2006-01-23 Thread Bernhard Lang
The difficulty seems to be that the two X do not have the same origin. The first stands, as I think, for something like eXtended (in the sends of enhanced). About the second Donald Kuth tells us in "The TeXbook", chapter 1 "The Name of the Game": "Insiders pronounce the $\chi$ of \TeX\ as a Gre

Re: [TeX-music] Pronunciation of MusiXTeX

2006-01-23 Thread Mark J. Reed
On 1/23/06, maurizio codogno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/23/06, Don Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without much thought, I've been pronouncing MusiXTeX as "myu-zicks-teck." > > But, if TeX is pronounced "teck," then should MusiX be pronounced > > "myu-zick"? > > I thought that the pron

Re: [TeX-music] Pronunciation of MusiXTeX

2006-01-23 Thread maurizio codogno
On 1/23/06, Don Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Without much thought, I've been pronouncing MusiXTeX as "myu-zicks-teck." > But, if TeX is pronounced "teck," then should MusiX be pronounced > "myu-zick"? I thought that the pronunciation of TeX rhymed with Bach, so I'd pronounce it myu-zich-tec

Re: [TeX-music] Pronunciation of MusiXTeX

2006-01-23 Thread Mark J. Reed
On 1/23/06, Don Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Without much thought, I've been pronouncing MusiXTeX as "myu-zicks-teck." > But, if TeX is pronounced "teck," then should MusiX be pronounced > "myu-zick"? I realize that would sound exactly the same as MusicTeX, but > remember that no one uses Mu

[TeX-music] Pronunciation of MusiXTeX

2006-01-23 Thread Don Simons
Without much thought, I've been pronouncing MusiXTeX as "myu-zicks-teck." But, if TeX is pronounced "teck," then should MusiX be pronounced "myu-zick"? I realize that would sound exactly the same as MusicTeX, but remember that no one uses MusicTeX any more. Did anyone ever actually hear how any of