>  >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

OK, it is quite possible that he deliberately mispronounces it. Or is
this normal for Stuttgarters?

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Regards
Andrew