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[PATCH] IPA transliteration of Debian pronunciation



I have attached a patch for the proper description of the pronunciation
of "Debian" that is listed on <http://www.debian.org/intro/about>. It is
written using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Index: english/intro/about.wml
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/intro/about.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.55
diff -d -a --unified -r1.55 about.wml
--- english/intro/about.wml	27 May 2003 22:47:42 -0000	1.55
+++ english/intro/about.wml	12 Apr 2004 16:19:59 -0000
@@ -227,5 +227,5 @@
 community of developers and users. See
 <A HREF="$(DOC)/manuals/project-history/">the detailed history</A>.
 
-<P>Since many people have asked, Debian is pronounced 'deb ee n'. It comes
+<P>Since many people have asked, Debian is pronounced /ˈde.bi.ən/. It comes
 from the names of the creator of Debian, Ian Murdock, and his wife, Debra.

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