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minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days 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-squareSekoia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI pronounce it da-eh-mon in my head, it sounds more old-timey than “dee-mon”.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days agoI pronounce it like the German word for demon, Dämon [ˈdeːmɔn] 🔊 because daemon is how Germans would write the word in lowercase ASCII.
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoIs that because you have a daemon in your brain, swapping neurons to force you to pronounce it wrong?
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days 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 da-eh-mon in my head, it sounds more old-timey than “dee-mon”.
I pronounce it like the German word for demon, Dämon [ˈdeːmɔn] 🔊 because daemon is how Germans would write the word in lowercase ASCII.
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.