From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 26 05:19:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15B33106566C for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Kevin@RawFedDogs.net) Received: from Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net (Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net [64.251.15.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093BA8FC16 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:19:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpe-24-162-130-63.hot.res.rr.com ([24.162.130.63] helo=Blaidd-Drwg.RawFedDogs.net) by Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1OdG6E-0001S5-Ss for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:19:40 -0500 Received: by Blaidd-Drwg.RawFedDogs.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6746DDD7D00; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:20:31 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:20:31 -0500 From: Kevin Monceaux To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100726052030.GA26133@RawFedDogs.net> References: <20100724185925.GA69480@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20100724214725.GA82251@guilt.hydra> <20100725134730.GA5685@RawFedDogs.net> <20100725172937.GB85893@guilt.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100725172937.GB85893@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 24.162.130.63 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: Kevin@RawFedDogs.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Subject: Re: BSD logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kevin Monceaux List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:19:41 -0000 On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:29:37AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 08:47:30AM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > > > > I guess that depends on which period of Latin one studies. From Lati= n > > Pronunciation Demystified: > >=20 > > http://www.ai.uga.edu/mc/latinpro.pdf > >=20 > > ae like English ai in aisle > >=20 > > Which is how I pronounce ae in Latin. On the other hand, I've always > > pronounced daemon like day-mohn, probably from hearing Jon Pertwee > > pronounce it that way in the Doctor Who episode The D=C3=A6mons. >=20 > Without downloading a PDF and reading it . . . do you know what Latin > variant is used in that document? No, without download and reading the PDF I wouldn't know what Latin variant is used in that document. :-) Since it was only a 39K file, there was no reason for me to worry about downloading it. =20 > Is it classical, church, or scientifically bastardized Latin (for > instance)? I'm curious. Yes, to all of the above. It has a chart showing a few pronunciations including classical which it describes as the reconstructed ancient pronunciation. It even includes an "English method" which is basically pronouncing Latin words as if they were English words. > I know that in at least some contexts the Latin pronunciation is more > "dee" than "dai" for daemon, and that "dee" is the pronunciation > generally considered "correct" for server processes in Unix systems. > Beyond that, it's entirely possible there are other pronunciations of > which I am not aware -- though I'm pretty sure "day" is solely an > artifact of people trying to figure out how to pronounce terms that > contain the ae (or the =C3=A6 ligature) without actually trying to look= it up. The above document describes ae in classical pronunciation as like ai in aisle and in all other pronunciations like Latin =C4=93. It describes Latin =C4=93 in all pronunciations, except the English method, as like a = in plate. Going by the above the first syllable of daemon could be pronounced like day. --=20 Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works!=20 Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.