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minus-squareGenderNeutralBrolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoI understand that etymologically, it makes perfect sense to pronounce daemon the same as demon because it’s the same word. But I’ll never stop pronouncing it day- instead of dee-, as if it’s a Ferengi captain.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-22 years agoI pronounce it like the German word for demon, Dämon [ˈdeːmɔn] 🔊 because daemon is how Germans would write the word in lowercase ASCII.
minus-squareSekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoI pronounce it da-eh-mon in my head, it sounds more old-timey than “dee-mon”.
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIs that because you have a daemon in your brain, swapping neurons to force you to pronounce it wrong?
minus-squareGenderNeutralBrolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 years agoMore likely a DaiMon using a thought maker.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoHow do you pronounce denut?
I understand that etymologically, it makes perfect sense to pronounce daemon the same as demon because it’s the same word. But I’ll never stop pronouncing it day- instead of dee-, as if it’s a Ferengi captain.
I pronounce it like the German word for demon, Dämon [ˈdeːmɔn] 🔊 because daemon is how Germans would write the word in lowercase ASCII.
I pronounce it da-eh-mon in my head, it sounds more old-timey than “dee-mon”.
Is that because you have a daemon in your brain, swapping neurons to force you to pronounce it wrong?
More likely a DaiMon using a thought maker.
How do you pronounce denut?