Demons & Daemons

[Evil Genius Prime]

So we all know how to pronounce "Demon" (Dee-Mun).

I've always pronounced Daemon the same way as Demon. Mainly because Demons in Warhammer are spelled "Daemons"

So to differentiate the two, do we pronounce Daemon like "Day-Mun"?

How do you pronounce it?

[James Jacobs]

Evil Genius Prime wrote:

So we all know how to pronounce "Demon" (Dee-Mun).

I've always pronounced Daemon the same way as Demon. Mainly because Demons in Warhammer are spelled "Daemons"

So to differentiate the two, do we pronounce Daemon like "Day-Mun"?

How do you pronounce it?

The correct way to pronounce the words is identically; demon = daemon.

However... in order to differentiate in game play, I generally pronounce them like:

Demon = DEE-mun

Daemon = DAY-mun

Not 100% accurate, but then neither is the game's combat system when compared to real life.

[Evil Genius Prime]

James Jacobs wrote:

Evil Genius Prime wrote:

So we all know how to pronounce "Demon" (Dee-Mun).

I've always pronounced Daemon the same way as Demon. Mainly because Demons in Warhammer are spelled "Daemons"

So to differentiate the two, do we pronounce Daemon like "Day-Mun"?

How do you pronounce it?

The correct way to pronounce the words is identically; demon = daemon.

However... in order to differentiate in game play, I generally pronounce them like:

Demon = DEE-mun

Daemon = DAY-mun

Not 100% accurate, but then neither is the game's combat system when compared to real life.

Thanks for the quick response James! I do it that way as well. But yeah, having played Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay for YEARS, I still slip up and call the Daemons, Demons every now and then.

[Bruno Kristensen]

The pocket linguist in me says the "ae" in "daemon" should be like the vowel in "festering", but DAYmon is close enough IMO