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How do you pronounce daemon? (piefed.zeromedia.vip)
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Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?

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[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 14 points 1 month ago

ˈdiː.mən

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

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

So, what is it? Rooter? Or rauter?

[-] who@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's somewhat regional. Lots of Americans pronounce the ou as in ouch, but lots of other folks pronounce it as in root (recognizing that route is its root word).

[-] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago

(recognizing that route is its root word)

You could also ask people how they pronounce route and get different answers.

[-] who@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Aye. Which reinforces what I wroot.

[-] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I always thought the 2 pronunciation of route were different but similar things. Raut as in a set road between two large places, not specific place in a city but the city itself. Root as a path between 2 specific points, house to house.

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

It's a rauter, from the Ínglich raut, a paþ.

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

'ɹaʊ.ɾɚ

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