2. TeX and the X pronounced as the Greek chi is absolutely NOT like "Bach" or "Loch"! There are two very different versions of "ch", the Bach and Loch version being more deep throat and ugly, and the chi and TeX version being softer and higher, it is somewhat a relative to "fffff".
Where do you take that from? You should not trust too much the German way of pronouncing chi, that's not realy valuable as reference here :-)
The vowel just before the "ch" in question decides about that: a, o and u call for the darker Bach/Loch pronounciation, and e and i call for the softer chi/TeX version.
But does this also apply for a mixed construct like TeX? looking here http://www.greek-language.com/alphabet I find that Donald Knuth's instruction how to pronounce seem to be correct ("Not found in English. Much like Spanish 'j'") and the Spanish 'j' is definitely not like the ch in 'ich'.
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