Re: how to pronounce LyX

2007-03-02 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: qwertyu asdfg wrote: How is LyX pronounced? http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation The page has links to threads from 2002, so just for fun I added a link to this thread as well. In case someone is bored, they could see if there has been at l

Re: how to pronounce LyX

2007-03-01 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
qwertyu asdfg wrote: > How is LyX pronounced? http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Pronunciation Jürgen

Re: how to pronounce LyX

2007-03-01 Thread David L. Johnson
John O'Gorman wrote: In the absence of a papal pronouncement, there will never be an authoritative answer. But there was, initially, such a pronouncement from Matthias. I was just an acolyte at the time, but it was duly recorded in the scrolls. -- David L. Johnson Accept risk. Accept re

Re: how to pronounce LyX

2007-03-01 Thread John O'Gorman
On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 14:33, David L. Johnson wrote: > qwertyu asdfg wrote: > > How is LyX pronounced? Is it "licks" like Felix or "lick" like LaTeX or > > some third variation? Some years ago, this very question provoked months of erudite linguistic debate complete with exchange of insults betwe

Re: how to pronounce LyX

2007-03-01 Thread David L. Johnson
qwertyu asdfg wrote: How is LyX pronounced? Is it "licks" like Felix or "lick" like LaTeX or some third variation? I'd say "licks". The original name was LyriX ("lyrics"), but Matthias had to change that name after he got a nasty letter from a lawyer claiming that there was a(nother) word-p

how to pronounce LyX

2007-03-01 Thread qwertyu asdfg
How is LyX pronounced? Is it "licks" like Felix or "lick" like LaTeX or some third variation? Many thanks ft _ The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.

Re: How to pronounce LyX?

2005-02-12 Thread Kevin Pfeiffer
Andre Poenitz writes: > So your candiates are (retranslated to 'English spelling') 'Gookh' or > 'Lookh'... Or 'GobbledyGook'*? ;-) * http://www.bartleby.com/61/9/G0170900.html -- Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tiros-Translations

Re: How to pronounce LyX?

2005-02-12 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 04:11:29PM +0300, V.Yumashev wrote: > I am quite satisfied with LyX. > But how shall I pronounce LyX ([liks] or [lik] or ...)? Tradionally, everybody tries to pronounce it as written in his mother tongue. So in your case it depends whether you see the latin 'L' as a flipped

Re: How to pronounce LyX?

2005-02-07 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"V.Yumashev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hi, > | I am quite satisfied with LyX. | But how shall I pronounce LyX ([liks] or [lik] or ...)? We have been down this road before... once I even created a sound file to explain how I pronounced it. But people (esp. american) could not hear the differen

How to pronounce LyX?

2005-02-07 Thread V.Yumashev
Hi, I am quite satisfied with LyX. But how shall I pronounce LyX ([liks] or [lik] or ...)? -- Best regards, V.Yumashev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]