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How do you pronounce daemon? (piefed.zeromedia.vip)
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Demon? Damon? Or something more exotic?

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

ˈdiː.mən

And don't ever ask random people how to pronounce 'router'.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So, what is it? Rooter? Or rauter?

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 days ago

It's a rauter, from the Ínglich raut, a paþ.

[–] who@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's somewhat regional. Lots of Americans pronounce the ou as in ouch, but lots of other folks pronounce it as in root (recognizing that route is its root word).

[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

(recognizing that route is its root word)

You could also ask people how they pronounce route and get different answers.

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

I always thought the 2 pronunciation of route were different but similar things. Raut as in a set road between two large places, not specific place in a city but the city itself. Root as a path between 2 specific points, house to house.

[–] who@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Aye. Which reinforces what I wroot.