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Hola,
I have noticed my linux instructor (among others) pronouncing daemon like 'damon' instead of like 'demon'. According to webster's daemon should sound the same as demon. Daemon is the old english spelling, as colour is the english spelling of color.
What do you think?
should I go around using the proper and risk sounding snobbinsh(or ubernewbie), or just fall in line and say it like everyone else?
-Jmral23
Lets face it, although "daemon" is an acronym, it's more to do with english "so called" correct spelling being more directly linked to the original Latin. Whereas "American" english is a much more contemporary language, hence the more phonetic spellings.
Both US and English spellings are correct. Relative to the nationality of the author.
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