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So how do you pronounce debian?

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Debian was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock, then a student at Purdue University, who wrote the Debian Manifesto which called for the creation of a Linux distribution to be maintained in an open manner, in the spirit of Linux and GNU. He chose the name by combining the first name of his then-girlfriend (now wife) Debra with his own first name "Ian", forming the portmanteau "Debian", pronounced as the corresponding syllables of these names are in American English: /dɛbˈiːjən/.

Hah- well, the BBS doesn't support the pronunciation fonts, but you get the picture.

Anyway, I pronounce most -ian words like that, even (for amusement) 'par-meas-ian' (the cheeze).

Meanwhile, in a related Debian/pronunciation way, as I was loading Debian onto an old beige box this weekend my housemate looked over my shoulder and asked, "Debbie-Ann? Who is that?"