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Old 07-19-2005, 01:00 PM   #1
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Pronunciation


I'm confused as to how to pronouce "Debian" and there is some debate in my office abou it. Is it-

day'-bee-en
deb-ee'-an
day-bee'-un

What do you guys think?
 
Old 07-19-2005, 01:25 PM   #2
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deb (as in debt) ian (just the name ian). Debian comes from the names of the man who started debian and his wife.
 
  


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