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> By the way, Germans pronounce the name "dye-zel". Or at least the one
> I know does; he's from Stutt...stutt...st... that place.

How do you pronounce "dye"?
All the Germans I know (including my parents) pronounce it "dee-zel", "dee" as in "tree".  That's
also the rule for pronouncing "ie" in German.
-Hans