Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:20:31 -0500 From: Kevin Monceaux <Kevin@RawFedDogs.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo Message-ID: <20100726052030.GA26133@RawFedDogs.net> In-Reply-To: <20100725172937.GB85893@guilt.hydra> References: <E1OcU31-0002Iw-00.vic_sk-mail-ru@f138.mail.ru> <20100724185925.GA69480@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20100724214725.GA82251@guilt.hydra> <20100725134730.GA5685@RawFedDogs.net> <20100725172937.GB85893@guilt.hydra>
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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.
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