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minus-square@GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish68•edit-210 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-square@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-210 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-square@Sekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoI pronounce it da-eh-mon in my head, it sounds more old-timey than “dee-mon”.
minus-square@tatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoIs that because you have a daemon in your brain, swapping neurons to force you to pronounce it wrong?
minus-square@GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-210 months agoMore likely a DaiMon using a thought maker.
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?