Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:11:21PM EST, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 01:38:06AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 04:18:33PM -0700, Dusty Wilson wrote:
>
> Canadian (7th generation, North Atlantic [St. Mary's, West Irish,
> Highland Scott] descent) southern Ontario dialect follows.
>
> > > daemon = demon, day-mon, or ? [Dee-mon - The Concise OED has it as a
> > variant of demon. Pandaemonium is strictly pan-day-monium but I don't
> > know many people who don't elide it as pan-demo-knee-um (and therefore
> > missspell it as pandemonium)]
> >
>
> When you say "have a nice day", do you pronounce the 'y' at all? Is it
> Daaaa, or Daaaai? Dipthongs are there for a reason; they differentiate
> words when spoken verbally (try listening to someone from New York
> speak, no dipthongs). I say Daaaimon.
Not true. Try the lawn-guy-land accent for instance .. has the ugliest
and most exaggerated diphthongs of any English dialect I have heard.
> > > irc = i-r-c, irk, or ? [Eye - Arse - Sea with the last two run
> > together]
>
> Interesting imagery :)
>
> Doug.
>
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