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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!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx!kbibb From: kbibb@best.com (Ken Bibb) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 21 Nov 1996 07:59:25 -0800 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 22 Message-ID: <kbibb.848591839@shellx> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <328386bc.112278367@news.ov.com> <1996Nov17.151839.2057@nntp.muohio.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26599 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1587 alt.folklore.computers:125020 In <1996Nov17.151839.2057@nntp.muohio.edu> mcooper@phoenix.sas.muohio.edu (Micah James Cooper) writes: >Ken Bibb (kbibb@best.com) wrote: >> >> But daemon is derived from the greek "daimon" (benevolent spirit). >> Hence the correct (greek) pronounciation has the dipthong. >> >Daimon in Greek would be pronounced dyemon, actually. Really? *aias* (ajax) is pronounced "ah ee as" (at least, that's how it's been pronounced to me) so I figure *daimon* would be pronounced "dah ee mahn". I thought "ah ee" is a dipthong. -- Ken Bibb Unsolicited advertisements sent to these accounts kbibb@best.com will be charged $250/msg. kbibb@csd.sgi.com