Re: Pronunciation of Eglot

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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/).