Deb + Ian

Saturday, 9 July 2005 09:27
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I had read this before, but forgotten: the name "Debian" is composed of "Deb" (for Debra) + "Ian"—Debra being Ian Murdock's first girlfriend, then wife.

Date: Saturday, 9 July 2005 22:02 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angharad.livejournal.com
Yep.
Before I learned that, I'd said duh-BE-uhn, and now I say DEB-ee-uhn. (Forgive my not-using-IPA transcription laziness.)

Date: Sunday, 10 July 2005 02:29 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ubykhlives.livejournal.com
Reminds me of that episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye was trying to find out what B.J. Hunnicutt's real name was - and it turned out it was Bea-Jay.

Date: Monday, 11 July 2005 01:34 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sovereigna.livejournal.com
Even I knew that :P

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