Lamport never recommended how one should pronounce LaTeX , but a lot of people pronounce it ' Lay TeX ' or perhaps ' Lah TeX ' with TeX pronounced as the program itself see the rules for TeX . It is definitely not to be pronounced in the same way as the rubbertree gum which would be ' lay teks '.<| sep |> Yup , pretty much what you say . <| sep |> Good helmets are good helmets . My GTAir doesn ' t have Snell because of te internal visor but I ' d bet dollars to donuts it ' s fibreglass shell , of the same material on the RF 1200 , is safer than a Snell CL 17 made out of plastic . <| sep |> The abyss is the realm of gods ? I thought demons and shit lived there . <| sep |> You have to be an expert on wounds to become a surgeon . An expert at fixing them , perhaps . Not necessarily on knowing what caused them .