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- From: patrick@lisboa.ks.uiuc.edu (Patrick van der Smagt)
- Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: correct pronunciation of `NeXT'
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:04:23 GMT
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- Previously, the name of Steve Jobs' computer had been erroneously pronounced very much like
- the word `next', much confusion arising from that. Obviously, this was a mistake. I will
- gladly remind all listeners of the following:
-
- "Insiders pronouce the X of NeXT as a Greek chi, not as an `x', so that NeXT rhymes with the
- word blecchhht. It's the `ch' sound in Scottish words like {\sl loch\/} or German words like
- {\sl ach\/}; it's a Spanish `j' and a Russian `kh'; it's a Dutch `g' or `ch'. When you say
- it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become slightly moist.
-
- "On the other hand, it's important to notice another thing about NeXT's name: the `e' is out
- of the kilter. This displaced `e' is a reminder that NeXT is about displaying TeXT, and it
- distinguishes NeXT from other system names. In fact, `next' (pronounced {\sl next\/}) is
- the admirable pre-12th century English word meaning `immediately preceding or following (as
- in place, rank, or time)' or `any other considered hypothetically <new it as well as the next
- man>'."
-
- Let us mend our ways.
- Super Patrick
-