Re: How does Debian sound?
* 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. Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ecl.udel.edu/~lowe/ * Good Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the Park. Bad Idea: Feeding Stray Cats in the park ... to a bear. * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
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? -- Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
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. Shaya -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
Dave Cinege [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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. That's Ian Murdock, not Ian Jackson. Please see the FAQ :- URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-2.html#ss2.5 2.5 How does one pronounce Debian and what does this word mean? -- James -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How does Debian sound?
How about having Ian or Bruce put a sound byte of them saying Debian on the webJust like Linus did for Linux! Brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jack....uhm Murdock, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
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 -- Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
Of course it's Ian Murdock, not Ian Jackson. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: On Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:52:51 -0400 (EDT), Will Lowe wrote: 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? As others have pointed out, you're thinking of Ian Murdock, not Ian Jackson, though they both have played crucian roles in the creation of our distribution. Last November/December, I had the pleasure of conversing with Ian Murdock over lunch here at Purdue. He indulged my silly curiosity (and likely my mild but poorly-veiled air of hero-worship) for about an hour and a half while I picked his brain about things Debian, Linux, and GNU-ish. At any rate, I believe I can say with some certainty that he pronounces his name E'-en, with a long E sound and the generic unstressed schwa-vowel type sound. Will's description of the pronunciation of Debian is pretty close to Ian's, except I'm not sure I'd set off the i. It's about as bi-syllabic as you can get without introducing some kind of British y kind of thing, e.g., Deb-yun. If I'd had the foresight, a portable tape recorder, and the ability to convice him that, sure, it's just a joke, I would have recorded him saying it, just Linus did with Linux. I didn't get to meet the first half of the name of our distribution, but it wasn't for trying -- I invited him and his wife over for a big-screen TV Star Wars marathon that my roomates and I were throwing, but they didn't make it. Maybe he was busy with finals and graduation and all that stuff, or maybe I just came off too psychotic. You know, people often think I'm crazy but in truth-- KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK KA-CHUNK NO CARRIER -- G. Branden Robinson Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: How does Debian sound?
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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
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. Exactly. Ian is typically pronounced ee-an. ? Mr. Jackson? You are asking the wrong Ian. The creator of Debian is Ian Murdoch. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Ian Jackson, a question for you.....Re: How does Debian sound?
On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: 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. Why? My guess is that most people who have run across Debian (or Linux) pronounce it based upon how they think it should sound after reading the word, or based upon how a friend pronounced it. I pronounce Linux as Linn-ux, not Line-ux even though it may have been a play on the name Linus, who pronounces his name as Leenus. As for Debian I say Dee-Bee-Un. Mark -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
How does Debian sound?
While I was thinking of a logo for Debian, I started brainstorming about what debian is... I know, it's Debbie and Ian, but was thinking of something else. You know, Red Hat is just that, a red hat, and Slackware is, oh, well, slack. Then it occured to me that I don't know how do native English speakers (Bruce, Ian, and plenty of others) pronounce Debian. I speak Spanish, and in Spanish there's a unique way of pronouncing Debian. According to my dictionary, it goes like this: * 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 It's De-bian, two syllabes. For some reason, the first time I saw the word Debian, it reminded me of something supernatural. Browsing in my dictionary, I've come to the conclusion that Debian in English sounds *a little* like divine. Something like di'baian, with the last a like the one in bat. Cheers, Marcelo Magallón -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
