Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 23:37:45 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon Message-ID: <4.1.19981019233533.06ac77e0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19981020150235.B2844@freebie.lemis.com> 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>
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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. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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