On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 01:32:33AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > For reference... > The New Oxford Dictionary of English says... > daemon (2) /di'[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ (also demon) > I don't have this dictionary, and I don't know the meaning of these pronunciation symbols.
Remember the non-natives. In dutch the natural pronunciation of ... i is as in pin or deep, a is as in father, e is as in bed or bad (nearly the same sound to us), or hate, all depending on their environment. So tell me: the e in demon as in hate, deep or lemon, the ae in daemon as in hate, deep or lemon, the e in debian as in bed, hate, or deep, the gn in gnome as the first part of knee, genius or gentle, the i in variable as in like or pink, the g in integer as in get or gipsy, the i in inetd as in like or pink, the i in init.d (the first one) as in like or pink. Actually my list is much longer, but this is not bed for a start. egbert -- Egbert Bouwman - Keizersgracht 197 II - 1016 DS Amsterdam - 020 6257991 ========================================================================