On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:47:21 -0400 (EDT), Shaya Potter wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Dave Cinege wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:52:51 -0400 (EDT), Will Lowe wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >> * D, like the d in day
>> >> * e, like the e in pet
>> >> * b, much softer than the b in bass
>> >> * i, like see
>> >> * a, like a in father (american english)
>> >> * n, like in now
>> >
>> >for me (i'm on the middle atlantic seaboard in the US,  
>> >south of Philadelphia),  it's almost the same.  My "b" is a little harder 
>> >than yours,  and "ian" goes
>> >    : e as in "see"
>> >    : an as in "Annie"
>> >
>> >    So it's three syllables,  "Deb'-i-an",  with the accent on the "deb".
>> 
>> This is also how I pronounce it. But the question really is, how does the 
>> guy who made it pronouce it? I guess it hinges on how he says his name.
>> 
>> I'-en
>> or
>> E'-en
>> 
>> ?????
>> 
>> Mr. Jackson?
>
>wrong ian.  you want Ian Murdock.

Damn! sorry.....I see both their names on some much Debian stuff I keep 
confusing them....

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