galnamedzero

How do you pronounce daemon?

https://piefed.zeromedia.vip/c/linux/p/248324/how-do-you-pronounce-daemon

How do you pronounce daemon?

Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?

Feb 18 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadMantisToboggonFeb 18
Day Man
Show threadDr. WeskerFeb 18
Fighter of the Night Man
Show thread_haha_oh_wow_Feb 18
He’s a master of command lines and shell scripts for everyone!
Show threadDelta_VFeb 18
AaAaAa
Show threadFunkyCheeseFeb 18
Day mon
Show thread[object Object]Feb 18

What do you want, Picard?

Show threadѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρєFeb 18
Show threadRicky RigatoniFeb 18
Daymon. Fighter of the nightmon. Champion of the sun.
Show threadsocsaFeb 18
Gesundheit
Show threadSmuuthbraneFeb 18
Samy way as the actor, Matt.
Show threadI_Am_Jacks_____Feb 18
Damon
Show threadowenfromcanadaFeb 18
I would pronounce it “DEEmon” but that gets some religious folks all freaked out, so I usually go with “DAYman”.
Show threadinsufferableninjaFeb 18
The ‘ae’ in daemon is the same as the æ in encyclopædia.
Show threadentwineFeb 18
How do you pronounce encyclopædia?
Show threadEldritchFeb 18
Just as it reads. You smash that E into the A’s ass. Starting the E before the A finishes.
Show threadbreadsmasherFeb 18
the same as daemon
Show threadnomecksFeb 18
Demon?
Show threadTelorandFeb 18
No, dæmon
Show threadnomecksFeb 18
Deemon
Show threadSilverCodeFeb 18
Dammit! Now I have to pronounce Encyclopaedia incorrectly 😞
Show thread[object Object]Feb 18
When I see that spelling I just hear Ted Mosby
Show threadhendrikFeb 18

ˈdiː.mən

And don’t ever ask random people how to pronounce ‘router’.

Show threadKindaABigDylFeb 18
'ɹaʊ.ɾɚ
Show threadtiny_hedgehogFeb 18
I usually go for J̵̧̢̢̢̡̩͎̙͙̹͇̞̯̯͇̞̭̯̙̻̲͖̻̗̫̙̲̪̫̥̦͇̭͇͍̤̳̫̖̪̗̈ö̸͓̱̭͔͓̼͔́̄̆̑̅͛̈̉̆̓̿̾̓̒̑͂̃̃͑̏̄̈͛̄̈̂̌̑̂̆͛̅͘̚̚͘͝r̶̡̢͉̤͎̲̥̮̻̟͉̩̗̠̝̖̬͈̹͓͈̱̹͖͕̩͎̉̑̋̂̀̍̇͋́̐͆̇͋́m̶̢̢̨̢̨̭̪̹͓̜̱̼̬̘͖̬̝̩̤̘̰̮͕͎͈̭͖͕͎̳͓̺̟͒͑̈́͊̓̾̆͂͂͒̕͘͜͠ͅü̵̢̢̧̢̢̞̹̼̱̲̯̟͕̞̖̞̖̪͙͓̈́̓́̈́̎̓͐̂͆̏̍̍͒̾̀͒̍̎̐̊̀͊̓̋̀̀̋͑͊͑̚͘͝͠͝͝͝ņ̴̡̢̛̛̪̺̻̺͎̪̯͎̪̦͔̱͕̱̫̬̞̦̝̃̽͊̆͌̈́͂̈́̈́̾̋̐͋̋̐͋̏͆̄̄̽͗̒͋̌͒͂͘͜͠͝͝͝͠g̸̛̰̱̣̺͇̒̈́͐̓̿͑́̂̂̔̏̈́͊̔̅̌̈́̍̿͆̄͒͑̀̊͘͘͜͝a̶̦̯̦̹̘̪̞̗̟͇̲̣̳̩̔́́͗̈́͛̀͋͛̌̉̐̾͋́̇̄̍̈́̾̏̿̐̔̔͘̚n̶̡̻͎͔̬̣̲͋̽͒̒̏͋̈́́́d̵̨̧̢̢̡̗̱̼̙͔̤̤̣͓̖̼͍̻̰̭̗̬̟̙̗̿̿̒̎̌̓̆̋̈́͂̊͊̿͊͗̐̿͜r̷̡̦̱̖͖̙̥̫͙̞̲̬̫̼̞̫̖̜̦̰̙̗̯̠̹̗̲̪̯̻̖͇͚̳̿͂͆͒̂̎̇͛͂̈̐͒̄͊͘͠͝ but some purists find that too much so I tone it down to “baddie”.
Show thread_haha_oh_wow_Feb 18
Day Mon
Show threadDurandalFeb 18
day mn
Show threadOwlFeb 18

Da-ymon

(The “y” is pronounced as the j in the german “ja”)

Show threadDæmon S.Feb 18

@[email protected] @[email protected]

"Why thou summoneth me?" Lol
Just kidding!

I'm Brazilian, so I pronounce Daemon in such a Brazilian (specifically the southeast, "paulista"/from state of São Paulo variation) accent:

Daah-eh-monnOr, if my IPA literacy is correct:/dajˈmõ/The Daemon I use in my pseudonym is inspired both by the Unix daemons (because I'm a DevOps and also a Linux daily user), as well by the esoteric daemons (as in the original Greek definition of daimon, spirits, due to my belief system).

Show threadOlapFeb 18
Demon, so I can kill them, spawn them, or send them signals to die!
Show threadSigHunterFeb 18
Dämon
Show threadteftFeb 18

Same way that I say Matt Damon.

Matt Daemon

Show threadRaoulDuke25Feb 19
Show threadkiriFeb 18
deletedI’m sorry didn’t found better variant, but almost like this (be carefull, it’s loud):
Show threadfrongtFeb 18
service
Show threadCallMeAl (like Alan)Feb 18
In case you ever wondered where it came from in computing.
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Show threadtatterdemalionFeb 19

I thought it was a reference to Maxwell’s demon.

Daemons in computing, generally processes that run on servers to respond to users, are named for Maxwell’s demon.

Maxwell's demon - Wikipedia

Show threadCallMeAl (like Alan)Feb 19
Yes the CTSS crew were reportedly thinking of Maxewell’s demon but also chose to change it to the “daemon” spelling to make it sound more like a “friendly garden spirit than a monster” and the pronounced it “deemon”.
Show threadNoxyFeb 18
day-min
Show threadSinTan1729Feb 18
Show threadnomecksFeb 18
Demon, because it offends purists, and FreeBSD’s mascot is a demon.
Show threadQuibblekrustFeb 18

“Demon”

It was always “demon”, as in a spiritual attendant. Christian mythology has poisoned the word, and anyone who says “daymon” to not offend them is a coward.

See here:

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demon

Definition of DEMON

Definition of 'demon' by Merriam-Webster

Show threadBetterDevFeb 18

Calm your tits (meaning your birds), I say “daymon”, and I relish any opportunity to offend the overly devout.

My reason is simple: I learned the word by reading it and sounding it out, and that’s more badass than “haha I say demon because I’m edgy”

Show threadspartanatreyuFeb 19

I say daymon not to avoid offence, but since it sounds cooler than demon.

A demon sounds like a fiend that has only been around for at most a few hundred years, but a daemon sounds like it has been around for a few thousand so it is much more dangerous.

Show threadlambaliciousFeb 19
While offending Christians is welcome in this day and age, the marked Latin and Greek history of the word, originating as “daímōn” with an ‘a’, and the fact that ‘æ’ exists, both make “dæmon” a cool enough spelling that I’m keeping it, and the fancier spelling helps keeping safe and separate from the christofascist corruption of the word for when I am more in mind of the mechanics and purposes rather than having to be a soldier in someone else’s cultural war.
Show threadKhleedrilFeb 19
@Quibblekrust @guynamedzero My understanding is that the two words are unrelated and a daemon is a small god.
Show threadChakravantiFeb 20

You’re wrong. I say them both day-mon. Because they are the fucking same. That’s not a pun. It’s just one of the things they handle delivering to those who want that stuff.

Xtians are fucking evil. Evil was never and will never be real even though Daemons are. They’re imagining evil and going fucking Tenet.

Yeah. Tgat movie. That’s them. They did that. Go cry, Stan. You fucking CIA cartoon.

It’s still not and never will be real beyond their imagination.

Show threadwhoFeb 18

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.mən/
  • Rhymes: -iːmən
  • Hyphenation: dae‧mon

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daemon

Rhymes

  • daemon, demon
  • freeman
  • seaman
  • Seaman (surname - see especially David Seaman)
  • semen

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:English/iːmən

Appendix:English pronunciation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Wiktionary
Show threadTelorandFeb 18
“DAH-ay-mon,” I choose you! Use your exec ~/thunder_sma.sh!
Show threadneidu3Feb 18
Show threadNigelFrobisherFeb 18
It’s just an old spelling of demon. So that.
Show threadBetterDevFeb 19
Languages change over time, and we get to vote on which words we’d like changed by preferring cool ones over just “the way it has always been”
Show threadNigelFrobisherFeb 19
Yeah, but also sometimes people are just thick.
Show threadBetterDevFeb 20
Can’t argue there!
Show threadHubertManneFeb 18
both honestly. I think when I see it I think damon mostly but I might say that and I might say demon.
Show threadMugita SokioFeb 19
I say at day-mon.
Show threadtatterdemalionFeb 19

Same as demon. Because my research indicates that this usage was originally a reference to Maxwell’s demon.

www.takeourword.com/TOW146/page4.html

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Show threadenbiousenvyFeb 19
대몬
Show threadcopyscamFeb 19
I’m wrong but in my head it’s always been Damien
Show threadLettuce eat lettuceFeb 19

Day-mon, every Linux admin I’ve worked with, old and young, pronounces it that way too, so that’s where I picked it up.

I’ve never heard of people deliberately pronouncing it like that to avoid offending Christians though, seems like an American take lol.

I thought that it was just an archaic spelling of the modern demon and an alternative pronunciation to clairify that the speaker is referring to a technical part of an OS, not making a joke about the spiritual nature of the machine lol.

It sounds cooler to say day-mon anyways IMO.

Show threadChakravantiFeb 20
Wait til you figure out that your missing that there is no such thing as a meaningless coincidence.