[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Sun Jul 3 16:41:52 UTC 2016


If he says how its pronounced, that's it. Should doesn't even come into it!

On Saturday, July 2, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 7/2/2016 10:46:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net <javascript:;> writes:
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> In  German, shouldn't it be VEETS-el?
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> Good question.
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> However, it's DEE-zel for Die-sel (as in the car).  I assume it  would
> be the same.
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> Maybe Scott K. can elucidate.
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> David S.
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James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy


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