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Re: How to pronounce "Debian"?



On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 14:14, Michael Montagne wrote:
> 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
> -- 
>   Michael Montagne  [montagne@boora.com]   503.226.1575 
> --    

TOO-pul? That is just *ridicolas* ;)
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