Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:52:51 -0400 (EDT), Will Lowe wrote:
>
>> * D, like the d in day
>> * e, like the e in pet
>> * b, much softer than the b in bass
>> * i, like see
>> * a, like a in father (american english)
>> * n, like in now
>
>for me (i'm on the middle atlantic seaboard in the US,
>south of Philadelphia), it's almost the same. My "b" is a little harder
>than yours, and "ian" goes
> : e as in "see"
> : an as in "Annie"
>
> So it's three syllables, "Deb'-i-an", with the accent on the "deb".
This is also how I pronounce it. But the question really is, how does the
guy who made it pronouce it? I guess it hinges on how he says his name.
I'-en
or
E'-en
?????
Mr. Jackson?
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