Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 03:20:40 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: questions-digest V5 #968 (sexing the BSD daemon) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020108030526.25263G-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <bulk.89828.20020106060230@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, questions-digest wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:36:02 +1030 > From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> > Subject: Gender (was: The BSD daemon) > > On Sunday, 6 January 2002 at 7:35:33 +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 02:47:32PM -0500, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > >> Oliver orated, [..] Pardon responding to -digest, but I must congratulate you for winding this whole linguistic diversion so neatly back around onto itself: > Oh, yes, Greek has similar rules. "Dæmon" has a gender based on its > form as well. It's neuter. Just like our lil' beastie. That's nice, we can move on, refreshed :-) Cheers, Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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