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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.onenet.net!news.ou.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!torn!blaze.trentu.ca!csess From: csess@blaze.trentu.ca (Eric S. Smith: Left-Field Marshal) Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Message-ID: <E133sF.LEz@blaze.trentu.ca> Organization: Trent University, Canada References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <328bb47a.2221749@news.msn.fullfeed.com> <56jl24$hhg@ordeal.cts.com> <56kli3$395@kirin.wwa.com> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 21:02:39 GMT Lines: 8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26526 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1554 alt.folklore.computers:124856 In article <56kli3$395@kirin.wwa.com>, John Everett <jeverett@wwa.com> wrote: >As I've posted here before, DAEMON was pronounced deemon (not daymon) And quite rightly, too. I don't suppose the people who say daymon look things up in the encyclopaydia, do they? --Eric Smith