On Thursday 17 October 2002 10:00, Craig Dickson wrote: > "Debian" is a contraction of the names "Deborah" and "Ian", so I've always > pronounced it accordingly, with the stress on the first syllable: > > DEHB - ee - un > > Does anyone say it differently? > > Craig I often run into people who pronounce it deeb e un. A short explanation of where the name comes from fixes that for most of them.