From: orzodk <orzodk@fastmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Eglot
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:52:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m27cjwkmnk.fsf@blahblah.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87plxsrw4i.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu's message of "Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:56:45 +0800")
Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
> 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/?
>
> Another question is whether the correct, or in any case official,
> pronunciation deserves a mention in the Eglot manual.
>
> This information will enable many Emacs apostles not to embarrass
> themselves, should the Emacs world have already agreed on a standard
> pronunciation :-)
The second sentence of the manual says: The name “Eglot” is an acronym
that stands for “Emacs Polyglot”.
From this I infer e-glot (as in e-mail) and rhymes with "dot"
(/i:glɑt/).
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2024-01-23 13:56 ` Pronunciation of Eglot Po Lu
2024-01-23 21:15 ` Juergen Fenn
2024-01-24 15:40 ` mbork
2024-01-24 16:00 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-01-26 17:52 ` orzodk [this message]
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