Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:10:58 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon Message-ID: <19981020151058.E2844@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981019233533.06ac77e0@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 11:37:45PM -0600 References: <4.1.19981019231316.06ac55e0@mail.lariat.org> <199810200457.VAA00342@dingo.cdrom.com> <19981020130900.M433@freebie.lemis.com> <199810200457.VAA00342@dingo.cdrom.com> <19981020143204.Q433@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981019231316.06ac55e0@mail.lariat.org> <19981020150235.B2844@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981019233533.06ac77e0@mail.lariat.org>
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On Monday, 19 October 1998 at 23:37:45 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:02 PM 10/20/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> P.S. -- If you want something ending with a "d", my wife >>> suggests "maenad." Which fits, though technically it's >>> Greek, not Latin. >> >> I don't really see the connection with wine, either. > > There's a very strong one, actually. > > The "maenads" (or "Bacchantes") were female followers of > Bacchus/Dionysus. They'd get rip-roaring drunk and were > rumored to attack men, tearing them to shreds. Pretty > demonic. Ah. This might be a slightly popularized version. In fact, they got high on laurel leaves. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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