Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:01:59 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pronunciation of "daemon" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902101601280.18973-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <36C1F005.EA3E420E@seattleu.edu>
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Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human. --Sydenham. 2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written d[ae]mon.] 3. An evil spirit; a devil. That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak. RTFM ------------------------------------ _____________________________________ Patrick Seal |"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make <patseal@hyperhost.net> | really crappy operating systems." Hyperhost - http://www.hyperhost.net| -Linus Torvalds hosting and Design http://www.freebsd.org - http://www.linux.org On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Eric Hodel wrote: > Just how exactly do you pronounce "daemon?" Is it day-mon or > dee-mon? (Or something else entirely?) > > -- > Eric Hodel > hodeleri@seattleu.edu > > Where do you want to go today? http://www.FreeBSD.org > > 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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