I recently read that Brits tend to put emphisis in the leading sylables and the Americans on the trailing sylables.
...um..i don't really have a point to make. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:baloo@;ursine.dyndns.org] Sent: Thursday, 24 October 2002 4:08 PM To: duser Subject: Re: How to pronounce "Debian"? On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 12:02:16AM +0100, jerry k wrote: > It's a toss-up for americans. No-one from the UK would ever say > 'Deebian' I think Commonwealth English influence from western Canada and it's physical, economic and political ties to the PacNW is probably what causes us to reflexively pronounce Debian correctly on sight. I could be wrong, though. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]