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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!atmnet.net!newshub.cts.com!not-for-mail From: cwr@cts.com (Will Rose) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Followup-To: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Date: 16 Nov 1996 05:56:20 GMT Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET), San Diego, CA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <56jl24$hhg@ordeal.cts.com> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <328386bc.112278367@news.ov.com> <562i2k$f3a@kirin.wwa.com> <steve.847913388@fastnet.prd.co.uk> <328bb47a.2221749@news.msn.fullfeed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crash-i2.cts.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26467 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1525 alt.folklore.computers:124678 Jay R. Jaeger (Jay.Jaeger@msn.fullfeed.com) wrote: : steve@fastnet.prd.co.uk (Steve Blinkhorn) wrote: : <snip> : > someone who knows how to pronounce daemon : >properly. : > : <snip> : According to whom? The dictionary I ahve lists the pronunciation as : dEmen (long E). However, I know lots of would be Unix hacks who, for : some reason, think it should be pronounced dAmen (long A). Or is this : one of those British English vs. US English debates? Daemons and demons differ. Unix uses daemons (the ae is a dipthong) but through time and casual usage I think most people now refer to them as demons. Pity, since the earlier usage makes more sense. Will cwr@crash.cts.com