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> hideous, but on top of that the "X" in TeX apparently represents not an X 
> but actually a Greek letter 'χ', so you're supposed to pronounce it 

IIRC all the letters are Greek - it's tau epsilon chi, short for a
greek word for both "art" and "craft" according to Wikipedia.

> Since then I've been suspicious of the motives of those who force others 
> to use English letters in contorted ways,

Or people who insist on using English letters when they're supposed to
be using Greek letters?  My, what an English-centric world we are.