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[Scoop]

That's Riedel, guys, not "Reidel" (kind of like it's Riesling, not "Reisling". Chalk it up to that "awful German language" (I'm quoting Mark Twain here) -- and its tricky diphthongs.<P>Ironically, there is an original copy of the Declaration of Independence in German, as many (if not the majority) in the colony of Pennsylvania spoke "Deutsch" at the time, not "Dutch" (as it was later dubbed). What could have been: "Amerika" <IMG SRC="http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif">. <P>"ie" is prounced "ee"<P>"ei" is prounced "i"<P>Beste Gruesse, Schoenes Dankfest,<P>Scoop <p>[This message has been edited by Scoop (edited 11-22-2000).]