X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:26 am
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Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:30 am
...marx the spot.
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:45 am
For those who wonder why it’s called X, the answer is that it came after W, and W was an abbreviation for “Windowing system”.
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 12:13 pm
Z
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:39 pm
When the symbol was a bird, they called them "tweets".
What will they call them now? And should we start calling the company Xitter?
What will they call them now? And should we start calling the company Xitter?
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:59 pm
Are we using the Spanish pronunciation of "x" which is "sh" ?
Such as, for example, Guatemala's 2nd largest city Xela pronounced "Shayla"
Are we now posting "Xits" on "Xitter?"
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:02 pm
E. Musk wrote:And yet I show you a more X-ellent way.
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:29 pm
So far, the replacement has been called "Wayland", which seems to be moving back to W. There was an attempt at Y, but it was so non-notorious that it had its Wikipedia page removed.
Re: X
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:35 pm
There are four different Spanish pronunciations for X - remember the Spanish pronunciation for Mexico? So we have choices!
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/span ... r-la-equis
And we have 3 different choices in Catalan:
https://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Catal ... ation.html
And there's always IPA ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_fricative