Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 16:46:33 -0500 From: Peter Lai <PeterL@resnet.uconn.edu> To: 'Kelly Hendrix ' <kelly@compuage.com>, "'questions@FreeBSD. ORG '" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Pronunciation revisited Message-ID: <9F36E367710D474E9806AA393FE737FB019EF2@resnetnt.resnet.uconn.edu>
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this is a "britishism" because they use "ae" from the latin... as in: haemotology vs. hematology daemon vs. demon again, greek derivations use the 'e' only. -----Original Message----- From: Kelly Hendrix To: questions@FreeBSD. ORG Sent: 12/2/2000 3:53 PM Subject: Pronunciation revisited I thought it was over, but then I found this on a web site somewhere: "...daemon, pronounced demon." According to Webster's, this is true. But I always preferred to call it dAmon (long a). Kelly Hendrix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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