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There seems to be a common misunderstanding here. 'Daemon' is just an alternate spelling of 'demon'. It's pronounced the same, means the same thing, and is sim

There seems to be a common misunderstanding here. 'Daemon' is just an alternate spelling of 'demon'. It's pronounced the same, means the same thing, and is simply the same word. Just as 'encyclopaedia' and 'encyclopedia' are the same word, or 'mediaeval' and 'medieval' are the same word.

olavk 9y ago
Yes and no - they have the origin in the same word, but as the article point out the two spellings have acquired different connotations. So they are not exactly the same word anymore.
- fnordsensei 9y ago
  And since they are no longer the same word, the distinction is aided by difference in pronunciation. I went looking for the Greek pronunciation of daemon/daimon, and this is what I found: MP3: http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/1142g.mp3 http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/1142g.mp3 Source: http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1142 http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1142 The pronunciation of Kubernetes is also interesting. MP3: http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/2942g.mp3 http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/2942g.mp3 Source: http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2942 http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2942
gerdesj 9y ago
Some pronounce daemon as "day-mon" ie with a long a, whereas I have always heard demon pronounced as "dee-mon". The second syllable is also different and I don't know the formal notation. day-mn and deemun is the best I can do, where "-" indicates a longer transition from the y to mn (the m flows into the n).
emmelaich 9y ago
I like to pronounce it daymon if only to avoid inferences made by the uninitiated. De(e)mon does have the devilish scent. Good story: "Are you a Satanist?" http://rmitz.org/freebsd.daemon.html http://rmitz.org/freebsd.daemon.html
empath75 9y ago
To be pedantic, ae is a diphthong in Latin that sounds more like the ‘i’ in ‘fine’. It was definitely never pronounced with a long e in Latin. Even ‘demon’ in Latin would have been pronounced with a long a sound.

olavk 9y ago

Yes and no - they have the origin in the same word, but as the article point out the two spellings have acquired different connotations. So they are not exactly the same word anymore.

fnordsensei 9y ago
And since they are no longer the same word, the distinction is aided by difference in pronunciation. I went looking for the Greek pronunciation of daemon/daimon, and this is what I found: MP3: http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/1142g.mp3 http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/1142g.mp3 Source: http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1142 http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=1142 The pronunciation of Kubernetes is also interesting. MP3: http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/2942g.mp3 http://media.studylight.org/lex/grk/2942g.mp3 Source: http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2942 http://classic.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2942

gerdesj 9y ago

Some pronounce daemon as "day-mon" ie with a long a, whereas I have always heard demon pronounced as "dee-mon". The second syllable is also different and I don't know the formal notation. day-mn and deemun is the best I can do, where "-" indicates a longer transition from the y to mn (the m flows into the n).

emmelaich 9y ago

I like to pronounce it daymon if only to avoid inferences made by the uninitiated. De(e)mon does have the devilish scent. Good story: "Are you a Satanist?" http://rmitz.org/freebsd.daemon.html http://rmitz.org/freebsd.daemon.html

empath75 9y ago

To be pedantic, ae is a diphthong in Latin that sounds more like the ‘i’ in ‘fine’. It was definitely never pronounced with a long e in Latin. Even ‘demon’ in Latin would have been pronounced with a long a sound.