Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:34:29 -0700 From: dmp@aracnet.com To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Name o' daemon? Message-ID: <37C782F5.E77D6B55@aracnet.com> References: <19990827013014.AE8C31559A@hub.freebsd.org> <37C74C4F.659542E4@aracnet.com> <19990828143751.H13904@freebie.lemis.com> <37C7722E.B13768AA@aracnet.com> <19990828145619.I13904@freebie.lemis.com> <37C779BC.16D1F090@aracnet.com> <19990828153309.J13904@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 27 August 1999 at 22:55:08 -0700, dmp@aracnet.com wrote: >> Greg Lehey wrote: >>> On Friday, 27 August 1999 at 22:22:54 -0700, dmp@aracnet.com wrote: >>>> Greg Lehey wrote: >>>>> On Friday, 27 August 1999 at 19:41:19 -0700, dmp@aracnet.com wrote: >>>>>> Michael Henry wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's a snippet from one of Jordan Hubbard's recent posts to the >>>>>>> -advocacy mailing list: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> P.S. Please don't call him "Chucky" anymore - it really offends Kirk >>>>>>> and we don't need to do that. Just call him "the BSD daemon" or just >>>>>>> "the daemon." Kirk says that he's not supposed to have a name anyway, >>>>>>> and if he did, it would probably be "beastie" (not that I like that name >>>>>>> much myself, so I just call him "the daemon", pronounced "day-mon"). >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought "daemon" was Latin? >>>>> >>>>> No, it's Greek, admittedly adapted into Latin spelling (see "The >>>>> Complete FreeBSD" for the Greek spelling, which would be better >>>>> rendered as "daimon". There's no evidence that it's pronounced >>>>> differently from "demon". In ancient Greek it would presumably have >>>>> been 'die-mon', and I think in modern Greek it's "dee-mon". >>>> >>>> Smooth book plug. :-) >>>> >>>> I'm a little rusty on my Greek, so I'll have to trust you on that >>>> one I guess. But if it's adapted to Latin spelling, then it would >>>> have to be pronounced die-mon, wouldn't it? >>> >>> That depends on your opinion about Latin pronunciation :-) I'd guess >>> that in classical times each letter would have been pronounced >>> separately (da-ey-mon). >> >> As I learned Latin, "da-ey-mon" isn't proper Latin grammar. > > Well, it's not grammar at all, it's pronunciation. Grammar defines all aspects of language parsing, including the definition of rules pertaining to syllable boundaries and thusly pronunciation. Ha ir, ha ir, ha ir. :-) >> Syllable boundaries can only occur immediately before or between >> consonants, not between vowels. Plus, "ae" is a diphthong, >> pronounced as a single hard I sound, as in mile. > > That's what you learnt. What you learn about Latin pronunciation > depends on where you learn it. English, French, German and Italian > pronunciation of Latin are all completely different. How did you learn Latin? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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