Re: How to pronounce "Debian"?

["Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 10:57:37AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 01:18:50AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> >> Right, because pronouncing it like "or-eh-gon" makes absolutely no sense
> >> at all...
> >
> > Actually, if we're getting really specific, the natives call
> > "or-eh-gun" home.
> 
> My point exactly.  This is why anyone actually from Oregon shouldn't be
> insulting others' pronunciations, because they can't even pronounce the
> name of their state correctly themselves.  :b

People from Missouri have the same problem (miz-uhr-rah, instead of
miz-er-eee ;)  Then you've got the people from Mass. that think
Worcester is pronounced "woo-ster" instead of "wur-ses-ter"! Clearly,
that place name has three syllables.

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