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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!news.ece.nwu.edu!bonomi From: bonomi@eecs.nwu.edu (Robert Bonomi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 17 Nov 1996 13:30:13 GMT Organization: EE/CS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <56n415$5k6@news.ece.nwu.edu> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <steve.847913388@fastnet.prd.co.uk> <328bb47a.2221749@news.msn.fullfeed.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: delta.ece.nwu.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26509 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1543 alt.folklore.computers:124786 In article <328bb47a.2221749@news.msn.fullfeed.com>, Jay.Jaeger@msn.fullfeed.com says... cording to whom? The dictionary I ahve lists the pronunciation as >dEmen (long E). However, I know lots of would be Unix hacks who, for >some reason, think it should be pronounced dAmen (long A). Or is this >one of those British English vs. US English debates? Neither. In the _context- of "Operating systems design" and utilities discussions, it is traditionally prounounced "day-mon". Specifically do distinguish it from 'demon'. This is -not- unique to UNIX, and can be found in several O/S's that predate it -- e.g. TOPS (-10 or -20), MULTICS, just to name a couple..