A request for the README file

[jpellegrini]

@egallesio -- I have one small request for the README.md file, and it's something I can't propose as a PR... How does one pronounce "STklos"? :grin: It would be nice to have it on the README, no? (And perhaps on the website also)

"STklos (pronounced ...) is a free Scheme system ..."

[egallesio]

Good idea @jpellegrini. I have already modified the 2.0 README and Website to insert it. BTW, the pronunciation is something like /ˈɛs.tɪklos/ (but I'm not good at IPA transcription).

[jpellegrini]

BTW, the pronunciation is something like /ˈɛs.tɪklos/ (but I'm not good at IPA transcription).

Thanks! I have chacked with phoneme synthesis and it sounds like what an american would pronouce for "S - T - klos". :)

[lassik]

So S and T are pronounced as individual letters. Is "klos" pronounced as in "close" or "closet"?

[lassik]

BTW How to pronounce CLOS:

http://computer-programming-forum.com/50-lisp/50435daf3a34a706.htm

"Most of the original west-coast users say "floss"" (Gregor Kiczales

"Kent Pitman of the X3J13 committee pronounces it "see-loss" and claims that it is the East coast way to spell (sic) it."

Apparently, there was a tradition that if you wanted a bug fixed you pronounced it the West-coast way otherwise you could say it however you wanted.

[egallesio]

I have chacked with phoneme synthesis and it sounds like what an american would pronouce for "S - T - klos". :)

Yep. In fact, using this tool, the way I pronounce it is more like ˈɛs.'ti.kl'ɔss/ but, as @lassik said, you can pronounce it however you want :smiley:.

So S and T are pronounced as individual letters.

Yes, this comes from STk, that I used to pronounce as three separate letters.

Is "klos" pronounced as in "close" or "closet"?

It's more like "closs".

[jpellegrini]

YAY, STklos 2.0 is out! :) :) Great day! :partying_face:

[egallesio]

Thanks @jpellegrini.