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Date:         Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:33:29 -0800
Reply-To:     Mary <mary@ALAMEDACREEK.NET>
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From:         Mary <mary@ALAMEDACREEK.NET>
Subject:      Re: User Friendly??  Pronounciation of "diesel"
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At 10:51 PM 3/18/2004 +1300, Andrew Grebneff wrote:


>By the way, a german acquaintance of mine pronounces it "dye-zel".
>Perhaps Raimund Feussner could comment? Is "dee-zel" incorrect?


In German, as far as I know, the second vowel of a two-vowel set provides
the sound.


Mary


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