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* Pronunciation of Eglot
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@ 2024-01-23 13:56 ` Po Lu
  2024-01-23 21:15   ` Juergen Fenn
  2024-01-26 17:52   ` orzodk
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From: Po Lu @ 2024-01-23 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

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 :-)



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* Re: Pronunciation of Eglot
  2024-01-23 13:56 ` Pronunciation of Eglot Po Lu
@ 2024-01-23 21:15   ` Juergen Fenn
  2024-01-24 15:40     ` mbork
  2024-01-26 17:52   ` orzodk
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Juergen Fenn @ 2024-01-23 21:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs



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.

YMMV.

Regards,
Jürgen.



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* Re: Pronunciation of Eglot
  2024-01-23 21:15   ` Juergen Fenn
@ 2024-01-24 15:40     ` mbork
  2024-01-24 16:00       ` Emanuel Berg
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: mbork @ 2024-01-24 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Juergen Fenn; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs


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,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
https://mbork.pl
https://crimsonelevendelightpetrichor.net/



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* Re: Pronunciation of Eglot
  2024-01-24 15:40     ` mbork
@ 2024-01-24 16:00       ` Emanuel Berg
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From: Emanuel Berg @ 2024-01-24 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

mbork wrote:

>>> 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.

I don't even know how Emacs is supposed to be pronounced!

In Sweden we say it like we would a word in Swedish, so that
can't be it anyway :)

-- 
underground experts united
https://dataswamp.org/~incal




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* Re: Pronunciation of Eglot
  2024-01-23 13:56 ` Pronunciation of Eglot Po Lu
  2024-01-23 21:15   ` Juergen Fenn
@ 2024-01-26 17:52   ` orzodk
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: orzodk @ 2024-01-26 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Po Lu; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

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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