Sejs
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I've always pronounced daemon in the same way you say actor Matt Damon's last name. No idea if that's correct, though."daemon"
I've always pronounced daemon in the same way you say actor Matt Damon's last name. No idea if that's correct, though."daemon"
Sejs said:I've always pronounced daemon in the same way you say actor Matt Damon's last name. No idea if that's correct, though.
Adlon said:... how about R.A. Salvatore?
The etymologies I've seen have both as the same word, from the Latin daemon and one is simply a variant spelling of the other.woodelf said:For the uninitiated, while their etymologies and meanings are fairly distinct, their pronunciations, at least in English, are identical. (Yes, i'm aware that the Latin pronunciation of "daemon" is quite distinct.)
ironmani said:I always pronounced it as the same as "cow" But that was before the huge influx of drow rangers who fight two weapon style running around. I finally got so fed up with it, I banned all drow in my world. When asked by the Drizzit clone why, I responed that they had all left to go to the plane of the elemental forest to be rangers. No lie he asked, "Well could my drow be the only one who was left?" Ggggaaaahhhhh! I could almost strangle R.A. Salvatore for loosing the plauge that is Drizzit upon the D & D world. Of course I would be strangling him because he killed Chewie first.
That's how I understand it too. So does my Merriam-Webster dictionary (1974 ed.). My Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary (1958 ed.) would seem to agree.Joshua Dyal said:The etymologies I've seen have both as the same word, from the Latin daemon and one is simply a variant spelling of the other.