From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 11 07:55:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05369 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:55:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05362 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:55:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 10AyRg-0000PR-00; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:54:29 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id PAA03398; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:35:12 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA07579; Thu, 11 Feb 99 15:35:11 GMT Message-Id: <36C2F8AD.6E76711D@uk.radan.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:35:09 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Spamoff Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Pronunciation of "daemon" References: <19990211100241.007585@relay.skynet.be> <36C2EFEA.75D63935@tampabay.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Spamoff wrote: > > Brad Knowles wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > >On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 12:45:57PM -0800, Eric Hodel wrote: > > >> Just how exactly do you pronounce "daemon?" Is it day-mon or > > >> dee-mon? (Or something else entirely?) > > > > > > Dee-mon > > Hmmm...I thought it was pronounced 'dayman' and originally was a spiritual > guide.. > A quick poll of the office agrees with 'dee-mon'. I guess this is a regional variation thing. Damon, as in Damon Hill, is pronuonced 'Day-mon' here (UK). How do you say tomato, 'tomayto' or 'tomarto'? Let's just call him Chuck (but don't let Kirk here you ;-) ). > Rgards...Martin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message