I'm absolutely sure that I read it somewhere--its "Lay-Teck"--and again; if
you think about it, that's what it ought to be.

Hilarious "La" isn't from "Lamport"--very funny though.

I agree though, this is up to me to prove; but, don't hold your breath--it
may be hard to find--I have books to the ceiling in every room in my
house--and many on TeX and its derivatives.



On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:

> "briangpowell ." <briangpowellms@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I believe I read how to correctly pronounce LaTeX as Lay-Teck (and why
> > its important--to honor the creator of TeX's wishes+intentions, Donald
> > Knuth) in Leslie Lamport's book onLaTeX--in the preface.
>
> The TeX FAQ (http://www.tex.ac.uk/FAQ-latexpronounce.html) contradicts
> you:
>
> ,----
> | How should I pronounce “LaTeX(2e)”?
> |
> | Lamport never recommended how one should pronounce LaTeX, but a lot of
> | people pronounce it ‘Lay TeX’ or perhaps ‘Lah TeX’ (with TeX pronounced
> | as the program itself; see the rules for TeX). It is definitely not to
> | be pronounced in the same way as the rubber-tree gum (which would be
> | ‘lay teks’).
> |
> | The LaTeX2e logo is supposed to end with an ε; nevertheless, most people
> | pronounce the name as ‘LaTeX-two-ee’.
> `----
>
> Lamport's first edition is packed away so I can't check it right now,
> but the second edition preface certainly does not say anything about
> the pronunciation of LaTeX.
>
> > Small note, feel free to ignore it (one and all); but, "LaTeX" is
> properly
> > pronounced: "Lay-Teck"--since its a macro language which "lays on top of
> > TeX"--the TeX part you pronounced correctly, which is the part that
> really
> > matters (Tau-Epsilon-Chi).
>
> and
>
> > And when you think about it, pronouncing it as "Lay" does make sense
> "La" only means "the"
> > in some romance Languages and the "L" and "A" don't stand for anything
> in particular
> > either--LA isn't an acronym--and it has no "foreign language" meaning.
> Its not "The
> > TeX"--TeX is "The TeX"--the lowest primal language itself, programmed in
> C.
> >
>
> I believe you are overthinking this.
>
> I have never seen any evidence for either of these statements:
>
> o that LaTeX is pronounced Lay-Teck (or Lay-Tekh if we follow Knuth's
> direction of adding moisture to the screen) because it "lays on top
> of TeX" (btw, are you quoting somebody else here? or quoting yourself?)
>
> o that there is some connection between the "La" in LaTeX and the
> article in some romance languages.
>
> Do you have any independent evidence for either of these?
>
> Here is another interpretation which IMO is more likely than anything
> you have presented (but is equally unsupported by actual evidence): the
> "La" in LaTeX comes from the "La" in Lamport.
>
> --
> Nick
>
>
>