• SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always pronounced daemon as “day-mun”, as opposed to “dee-mun” (for demon). Then i played Cyberpunk 2077 and they’re calling daemons “dee-muns” and I’m beginning to doubt myself

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      1 year ago

      I say daymon for daemon but that’s mostly because the only time I’m talking about daemons is in the context of computers, and not the archaic or “fancy” spelling for demon.

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      1 year ago

      I think you’re right when saying “day-mun” for daemon as my language, Basque, uses the term “daimon” when referring to service daemons in software engineering, which is taken from the pronunciation in English.