[mananaysiempre]

That’s one controversy that shouldn’t be. Quoth Knuth (The TeXbook, chapter 1, “The name of the game”):

> Insiders pronounce the χ of TeX as a Greek chi, not as an ‘x’, so that TeX rhymes with the word blecchhh. It’s the ‘ch’ sound in Scottish words like loch or German words like ach; it’s a Spanish ‘j’ and a Russian ‘kh’. When you say it correctly to your computer, the terminal may become slightly moist.

[quercusa]

> TeX rhymes with the word blecchhh

That's the Mad Magazine Knuth speaking: https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-enduring-art-of-computer-p...

[RheingoldRiver]

the controversy isnt `ck` vs `x`, it's LAH-tek vs LAY-tek vs lah-TEK vs lay-TEK