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[โ€“] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (22 children)

English is stupid, but how does "latex" get a "k" ending? I have heard people arguing for years that it's supposed to be pronounced that way, but never any justification for why.

[โ€“] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Because it's not an X at the end, it's a Greek chi. Same with the arXiv preprint distribution


it's "archive," not are-ex-iv.

[โ€“] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Petition to change the name to RX4

99 what you did there...

(I know, IC isn't valid Roman numeral representation of 99, but it was the only joke I could think of.)

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