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".

Perhaps Ian (or Deb!) would digitize himself saying "Debian" and we 
could put the .wav or .au on the Debian web site?

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
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