Re: Pronunciation of Eglot

[mbork]

On 2024-01-23, at 22:15, Juergen Fenn <jfenn@gmx.net> wrote:

> Am 23.01.24 um 14:56 Uhr schrieb Po Lu:
>> Sorry if this quite whimsical question has already been answered--but
>> what is the pronunciation of the "E" in "Eglot"?  Is that first vowel
>> the /i/ in "Emacs" (perhaps yielding /iːɡlət/), or is it the /ɛ/ in
>> "egg", giving /ɛɡlɑt/?
>
> I think, on YouTube, most English native speakers seem to prefer /iːɡlət/.
>
>> Another question is whether the correct, or in any case official,
>> pronunciation deserves a mention in the Eglot manual.
>
> Probably not, for it would be quite unsual.

Quite the contrary - a few tools I use do this.  TeX and LaTeX are
probably the most famous, but definitely not the only ones.

Best,

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