Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:47:30 -0500 From: Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@RawFedDogs.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <20100725134730.GA5685@RawFedDogs.net> In-Reply-To: <20100724214725.GA82251@guilt.hydra> References: <E1OcU31-0002Iw-00.vic_sk-mail-ru@f138.mail.ru> <20100724185925.GA69480@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20100724214725.GA82251@guilt.hydra>
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On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 03:47:25PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: =20 > 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" i= s > 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 D=E6mons. --=20 Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!=20 Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.
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