Re: silly question
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 11:37:45AM +0100, Roel Schroeven wrote:
> Debra is not a common name in Belgium, but Debora(h) and Debby are quit
> common. Both have a short 'e', as in the recommended pronunciation for
> Debian. I don't think that's very relevant though, since most people
> don't even know that 'Deb' from Debian is short for Debra. It's probably
> the analogy with 'default' and others, as John Hasler points out.
Atlantic Coast Americans (among others) pronounce words like
"default" with a schwa for the first vowel, though, not a long "e".
And of course "delegate" takes the short "e".
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