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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


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