>Subject: Re: [VANAGON] User Friendly??  Pronounciation of "diesel"
>   From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
>
>By the way, a german acquaintance of mine pronounces it "dye-zel".
>Perhaps Raimund Feussner could comment? Is "dee-zel" incorrect?
>
Your acquaintance is having you on, or maybe he/she doesn't like diesels ;-)
Rudolph Diesel's name is pronounced "dee-zel" (and not "dee-sel" like some
do in the US).
Joachim