pmjv@lemmy.sdf.orgM to unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months agoleave a commentlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down17
arrow-up1398arrow-down1imageleave a commentlemmy.sdf.orgpmjv@lemmy.sdf.orgM to unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·edit-22 months 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-up18·edit-22 months 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-up7·2 months agoI pronounce it da-eh-mon in my head, it sounds more old-timey than “dee-mon”.
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIs that because you have a daemon in your brain, swapping neurons to force you to pronounce it wrong?
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoMore likely a DaiMon using a thought maker.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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?