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Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
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Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#22LaTeX is....controversial. I say "LAH-tek" but I've heard a lot of different pronunciations. LaTeX was the original gif fight haha
I would always pronounce it as in Scottish Loch, but I guess that is natural if you are German.
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#23love it
especially the sense of humor... like on gif
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#24I have never heard anyone say "regex" with an /eɪ/ sound like "RAY". It's /ɛ/ like in "meh", or indeed the first syllable in "regular". (though "regex" has a "soft g" /dʒ/, not a "hard g" /g/ like in "regular").
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#25Regex should be "reg-ex" rather than any of the listed pronunciations since it's just short for regular expression
In my experience most people that say regex a lot tend to pronounce it "rezh-eks". The softening drop from g to j to zh is a fascinating one in this context, and I think makes it easier to pronounce a lot. I'm not one to argue that it is the "right" pronunciation in general, but it is the "feels right" pronunciation to me.
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#26LaTeX is....controversial. I say "LAH-tek" but I've heard a lot of different pronunciations. LaTeX was the original gif fight haha
Well, first of all LaTeX is derived from TeX. And the X isn't an x but the Greek letter X whose pronunciation seems to depend on Greek epoch and also geographic preferences. The final say would have Donald Knuth. I think he said it's like the Ch in (Happy) Chanukka ...
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#27For a very long time I thought "cache" was pronounced with a voiced e, "cach-ay", probably cause I thought of "cachet".
I had a boss who did that many many years ago and it was like nails on a chalkboard. I'm glad you have corrected yourself. :)
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#28Idempotent anyone? Eye-dempotent or id-empotent?
The former.
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#29how do you say "SIEM" or its less popular but apparently equivalent form, "SEIM"?
Re: Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
#30> GIF like "gif", of course I also loved they pointed out pronouncing `regex` as "rejects" was wrong.
I don't care what the creators say, I will die on the hill of it being gif with a hard G! :P