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Re: You say Ree-dle and I say Ry-dell

WS did a piece on Riedel about 2 years ago and the Riedel-needle pronunciation was specifically stated in the article. Maybe worth a look back, if you want to flaunt it to your mates. Kinda' like the Moet (this damned keyboard won't let me put the two ..'s over the o). Since the founder was Dutch, the French pronunciation rules go out the window, and it sounds a bit like Mo-et, with the e very soft.

Hunt

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>Kent Feiler wrote in >news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com: > >> I just found out that I've been mispronouncing the name of my >> glassware. Moreover, there are only two syllables in the name and >> I've been mispronouncing both of them! Riedel must be a German name on >> the basis of the old German pronunciation rule, "When two vowels go >> a-walkin', the second one does the talkin'", but I understand that >> the second syllable is pronounced as a "dle" sound rather than a >> "dell", also a surprise to English speakers. So the end result is that >> Riedel rhymes with needle. Anyone disagree? >> >> I looked for a web page that listed the correct pronounciation. I >> didn't find one, but did come across an interesting page on the Riedel >> family history. Here's the URL: >> >>
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> >I was recently "corrected" at a wine shop when I asked for some Ree-dle >glassware the salesman said "Oh you mean Rye-dell." He was convinced he was >right so I didn't go into the reasons why he was wrong. > >Fred.

Did you buy them from this salesman? Hunt

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