On Monday 09 December 2002 03.14, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 01:44:03AM +0100, David Olofson wrote: > > (Quite easy to spell too, for those who refuse to say "ksapp" or > > whatever. ;-) > > Well, taking a cue from xylophones and Xerox, > I would pronounce it ZAP! ... with the exclamation > point ;)
Well, that would be the american way, I guess? In swedish, we actually pronounce the X, as in Xenon (Xe) - I've heard it pronounced as "ksennawn" as well as "eksennawn" (might be easier for some to say), but never "zennawn" och anyting like that. //David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate .- The Return of Audiality! --------------------------------. | Free/Open Source Audio Engine for use in Games or Studio. | | RT and off-line synth. Scripting. Sample accurate timing. | `---------------------------> http://olofson.net/audiality -' .- M A I A -------------------------------------------------. | The Multimedia Application Integration Architecture | `----------------------------> http://www.linuxdj.com/maia -' --- http://olofson.net --- http://www.reologica.se ---
