On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 10:52:07PM -0400, Mark L. Kahnt wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 22:47, Richard Beri wrote:
> > I cannot stop myself from referring to it as deeb-ian.
> >
> > I think it also has to do with the way I first pronounced it in my head
> > when I first read about Debian. Long before I new it had to do with a
> > guy and his wife, Ian and Deborah.
>
> From what you said earlier, don't you mean "Deeb-orah"?
:)
it's all in the syllabification:
de-note
de-stroy
de-duce
de-bi-an => DEE bee un
deb-i-an => DEB ee un
given the etymology, the latter would seem more apropos; but
without the etymology, standard american usage would lean
towards the former.
for example, how should 'calliope' be prounounced, eh?
CAL-ee-ope? sure looks that way -- but no, it's cal-EYE-o-pee.
so then why isn't 'telephone' pronounced tel-EFF-on-ee?
this is what happens when you have a language designed by
committee. and not even an elected committee, at that.
i, too, thought 'DEE-bee-un' upon seeing the spelling. upon
hearing the etymology, 'DEB-ee-un' seems quite a reasonable
interpretation.
them that gets offended by the minpronunciation of their choice
would do well to find other venues for their free time. :)
point: deb-ee-un isn't guaranteed to be obvious due to
syllabification standards -- but it is reasonable. (and 'round
these parts, expected.)
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DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #85 from USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
Where should you SEARCH FOR DEBIAN PACKAGES?
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
Also,
apt-cache search <package>
might get you the info as well.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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