Re: How to pronounce "Debian"?

[Michael Montagne <montagne@boora.com>]

I have a friend who says DEEB-ee-un.  But he also pronounces tuple
TOO-pul.  And I don't think that is right either.  He's a confused young
man.

>On 17/10/02, from the brain of Craig Dickson tumbled:

> "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
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