[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

[Allan Carr]

According to his book publisher, it's eh-lee vee-ZEL

That's also the only way I heard it pronounced in the sixties.



> On Jul 3, 2016, at 9:41 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 7/2/2016 10:46:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net <javascript:;> writes:
>> 
>> In  German, shouldn't it be VEETS-el?
>> 
>> Good question.
>> 
>> However, it's DEE-zel for Die-sel (as in the car).  I assume it  would
>> be the same.
>> 
>> Maybe Scott K. can elucidate.
>> 
>> 
>> David S.
> 
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> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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