Quote Originally Posted by tha_rippa1be
i read this in romaji: de i bi to
where did the extra t come from? the ッ(shi?) sign?
Go read
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jwriting.html
in particular

"there is a type of double-consonant, which is written using a small "tsu" symbol before a syllable. For example, Jack would be JAKKU (ジャック). Note the ッ, which is a small version of ツ. "