The project name is pronounced Deb'-ee-en, with a short e in Deb, and emphasis on the first syllable. This word is a contraction of the names of Debra and Ian Murdock, who founded the project. (Dictionaries seem to offer some ambiguity in the pronunciation of Ian (!), but Ian prefers ee'-en.)

The names that are generally used to denote the Wiccan sabbats (as well as festivals of many pagan traditions) come from Gaelic (both Scots and Irish), Welsh, Norse, and Anglo-Saxon. There are variations of pronunciations for each one. We are not trying to say that if you don't say it like we tell you to, that you'll be wrong or anything like that. But since so many people have asked, here is a list that can give you a good start in trying to sound like the languages from which these words came.

Many people pronounce this word incorrectly the first time they see it. But to hear it correctly, say the words "Little I Go." Then replace the first "L" with a "V" - giving you "Vittle I Go." Run the words together and you have the correct pronunciation.

Here a "hack" is a clever shortcut or a lesser-known, faster way to get something done. A hacker believes that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is a hacker's duty to share her expertise—so we will.

The word Karate is also formed by two characters, the first one kara (empty) and the other te (hand), the first one having many ways of defining it. The first definition is the least subtle and the most straightforward, through the practice of karate, self defense techniques are learnt, where no weapons are needed, other than hands, feet or other parts of the body.

Standardized insures that the ingredients used, such as Saw Palmetto, contain the compounds which research has shown have beneficial effects on prostate enlargement.

The names that are generally used to denote the Wiccan sabbats (as well as festivals of many pagan traditions) come from Gaelic (both Scots and Irish), Welsh, Norse, and Anglo-Saxon. There are variations of pronunciations for each one. We are not trying to say that if you don't say it like we tell you to, that you'll be wrong or anything like that. But since so many people have asked, here is a list that can give you a good start in trying to sound like the languages from which these words came.

Pronounced "shee - clay", Giclée is a French word meaning "spray" and, in this case, refers to the inkjet method of applying ink.

Hochelaga (hosh’ i (short) la (long) ga) is the name of a Native American village located in what is now Montreal.

Do you know another meaning for the word Watin, send me a link to a dictionary or other website which explains it and I will add it here.

quot;Geothermal" comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). So, geothermal means earth heat.

Dooce is a typo of dude, or dooooode!, one that I often made over and over again when having Instant Message conversations with co-workers. Some experts will tell you that it means "getting fired for something you've written on your website," but what it really means is CANNOT RESIST THE CAPS-LOCK KEY.

The word “yoga” means “union” in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated over 5000 years ago. That “union” usually refers to the union of mind, body and spirit that can occur through yoga practice.

Iditarod is believed to come from an Athabaskan Indian word pronounced "Hi-dit-a-rod." There are many translations for this word, but the most widely accepted meaning is "a distant or far off place." The Iditarod River was the site of one of the last major gold strikes in Alaska in the early 20th century.

The Concise Scots Dictionary definition for 'Quair' is: "1 ? quire (24 sheets of writing paper). 2 ? a literary work of any length, orig. one that might occupy a quire of paper."

The original Lyceum was the grove in Athens where Aristotle taught. Since Aristotle's time the word has come to mean either a hall where public lectures or discussions are held, or an organization that presents public lectures, concerts and other cultural events. For information on Alexandria's Lyceum, go to our Lyceum home page.

Ecks Eff See Eee. The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but is no longer capitalized as "XFce" , but "Xfce". Currently the acronym doesn't stand for anything. (Suggestion: X Freakin' Cool Environment)

My first explanation for this name is that all the good domain names were taken by 1997. The second explanation is that "Technovelgy" is a combination of the words "technology" and "novel." The word "novel" can refer to a book; it can also refer to something new or unique. And aren't science fiction novels filled with fictional ideas and technologies that are new and unique? So, there you go.

The maker of the medication pronounces it like this: con- sert -a, with the "sert" syllable sounding like the second syllable of the English word "concert".

Like sweet. I've recorded it for you here:- http://www.learnenglish.de/homophones/Homophones.htm#No17

If you are wondering about pronunciations, the VoxForge Dictionary might provide you with some indication as to the pronunciation. For example, the word "etc" shows up as follows in the dictionary: ETC [ETC] eh t s eh dx er ax You really don't need to know how the phonemes are pronounced in this particular example, because you can see that 'ETC' and 'ETCETERA' contain the same phonemes, and therefore should be pronounced the same.

Currently, Debian is only available for Linux, but with Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian on BSD kernels, we have started to offer non-Linux-based OSes as a development, server and desktop platform, too. However, these non-linux ports are not officially released yet. The Hurd is a set of servers running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel. Together they build the base for the GNU operating system. Please see http://www.gnu.

Debian GNU/Linux is distributed with keymaps for nearly two dozen keyboards, and with utilities (in the kbd package) to install, view, and modify the tables. Vast majority of the software we packaged supports entering non-US-ASCII characters used in other Latin languages (e.g. ISO-8859-1 or ISO-8859-2), and a number of programs support multi-byte languages such as Japanese or Chinese.

The "conditions" say who may run in the race, the weight they will carry and the distance of the race. The types of race offered are described on the AJC website.

A) The suffix -phile roughly means love, so you attach it to the end of the word to mean a person who loves that certain thing. So, in this case, a Toriphile basically means an avid Tori fan. A) Someone asked Tori to record a message to put on the Internet for her fans. She commented that she didn't see us as fans, but "ears with feet."