Peter J. Schoenster wrote:
> This reminds of the SQL debate. I recall my brother-in-law talking
> about SEQUEL and I wasn't too sure what he was talking about. My
> first inclination was to pronounce it as ESS QUE ELL. I do believe I
> am "right" in my inclination.
*chuckle*
It all seems logical to me:
1. Linux is named after Linus, hence, the pronunciation would be guided
by the pronunciation of his name.
2. SQL is an vowel-less acronym. People that make it a word are silly,
and usually precede it with "MS/". (We allow slack for acronyms with
vowels in them, like NASA. Or Daemon ;)
3. Router. refers to the verb, defining a function (hence, "rout-",
not "root-"), not a noun (highway/route, though I never pronounce route
as root though acceptable, unless it's Route 66, but that's another
whole line of idiosyncratic behaviour).
4. Daemon. Die-mon. Again, an acronym, not a word, and no matter what
the analogy, it's not named after invisible creatures from the
netherworlds that inhabit your computer (unless the daemons run on NT),
but mythical helpful spirits and the proper olde schoole pronunciation
for "ae" is technically a long i . . . but we'll let day-mon slide to be
nice . . .).
I would agree that "majority pronunciations" aren't all that desirable
(and seem to be tied to laziness more often than not, oddly enough) . .
. but then, given that I rarely align myself with anything the majority
considers good, a lot of people probably disagree with that ;)
B
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