>>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"?

Die as in to kick the bucket.

>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

What would YOU know, with a name like that?  ;-)

Good point. This particular German (a K�hler) may 
be a mutant... he pronounces "vehicle" as 
"weehickle".
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