> * 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
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