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 2 months ago

ˈdiː.mən

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

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

So, what is it? Rooter? Or rauter?

[-] who@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Aye. Which reinforces what I wroot.

[-] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

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

[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

'ɹaʊ.ɾɚ

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