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these pages I keep occasional notes, for example in response to
frequently-asked questions from readers of my National Review Online
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The "Navigate down" section in the bar at the left shows what's available. Just one note right here up front, because it doesn't really justify a page of its own. I get a lot of questions about the pronunciation of my name. I'm not fussy about it, and am pretty much used to "DER-be-SHY-er," but for the record, it's "DAH-bi-shuh". It's the name of an English county (though not the one I was born in), and the people who live in the county pronounce it that way; it's hard to argue with that. Don't feel bad if you didn't know this: the river that flows through my home town is the Nene, pronounced "Nen" by the people who live on its banks and "Neen" by everyone else, including even the BBC.
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