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How do you pronounce Daemon???
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06/29/04 07:42 AM EST
posted by JER email web |
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| Have a mini-debate over here -- does anyone know the correct and/or commonly used pronunciation of daemon (as in UNIX)? Is it day-mon or dee-mon? I'm a notoriously bad pronouncer of words (ulti-MAH-tum instead of ulti-MAY-tum, for instance), but I say it's dee-mon. |
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| 1 vote for dee-mon |
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06/29/04 08:01 AM EST
posted by nate web |
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| Yeah, like demon. Or Dee-mun. |
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No voting about it.
Just because it is an odd spelling that only the British cared about until the Bell Atlantic labs decided that UNIX "services" should be called that, doesn't mean that you change the pronunciation just because a few geeks think they know better or think that it's cooler.
And just because Webopedia won't weigh in on the argument, doesn't mean there's an option either.
And as for the "greek root crap" that implies it is pronounced DAYmon, I don't see the greek "daemon" as a translation of demon or spirit.
Of course, perhaps the greek letter Iota is analagous to the English letter E, and then the greek δαίμων would essentially be daemon, but I don't know if the greeks pronounce that DAYmon, and if they do, what that has to do with English. |
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Well researched, Kearns. But do you think it is meant to imply a hidden spirit or not?
I think we should all agree to take the cop out and pronounce both versions very quickly (DAYEEMUN!). |
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| I prefer to pronounce it Tee Ess Are. |
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06/30/04 05:43 AM EST
posted by Doug2 web |
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| Um. Everyone knows it's DAY-MUN. |
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04/18/08 06:21 PM EST
posted by JonathanT |
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DEE-mun, same as demon:
http://foldoc.org/index.cgi?query=daemon
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| I still say it's day-mun. Maybe we can all agree on some third version, like "damian?" |
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07/14/09 04:14 PM EST
posted by vkg |
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| it's dee-mon, like encyclopaedia (archaic spelling) is pronounced encyclo-pee-dia. |
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01/23/10 09:37 PM EST
posted by Mike |
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It's pronounced "DEE-mon," just like the English "demon" The Greek term originally refered to an intermediary spirit between the gods and mankind, whether that spirit was malignant or benevolent. It's meaning later shifted to mean a malevolent spirit, while the term "angelos" (messenger) was ascribed to the divine spirits.
"Day-mon" is the mispronunciation I hear most often, and, oddly, "ay" is one of the few ways "æ" is not pronounced. You can pronounce it like "EE" (as in Encyclopædia, as has been mentioned), like "UH" in my name (Michael), or "IE" or "AYE" as in the Latin "Vitæ."
Occasionally, I've heard the Greek pronunciation as "IE" as well, such as "DIE-mon" or "PIE-day-uh" (knowledge). But never "AY." |
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