On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 03:47:25PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > Actually, "daemon" is a Latinization of the Greek "daimon". Daimon is > pronounced something more like "die-mahn", but (being from the Latin) > daemon is prounounced "dee-mohn". Unix tradition holds that "daemon" is > pronounced similarly to the Latin fashion (in practice, roughly like > "dee-muhn" by English speakers).
I guess that depends on which period of Latin one studies. From Latin Pronunciation Demystified: http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf ae like English ai in aisle Which is how I pronounce ae in Latin. On the other hand, I've always pronounced daemon like day-mohn, probably from hearing Jon Pertwee pronounce it that way in the Doctor Who episode The Dæmons. -- Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works! Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
