Re: Pronunciation of common Linux-related words
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 11:35:53PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:11:21PM EST, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > 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.
Who's the lawn-guy?
I wasn't suggesting to exaggerate the dipthong but to use it.
I don't say daaayamon.
I don't have a dictionary that gives the history of a word with me.
What is the origin of the 'ae' in daemon? It was origionally from greek
mythology but I neither read nor speak ancient greek.
Doug.
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