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Re: How to pronounce "Debian"?



On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 12:02:16AM +0100, jerry k wrote:
> Wendell Cochran wrote:
> > Back to `Debian'.  Both de- & -ian are common in English, & it's
> > a tossup whether a reader chancing upon `Debian' for the first time will
> > favor `De-' or `-ian'.  Hence ehb vs eeb.
> 
> It's a toss-up for americans.  No-one from the UK would ever say 'Deebian'

Don't I wish. Here in England, my boss always says "Deebian", largely I
think to annoy me. :)

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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