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02-08-2019, 09:13 PM
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Pete
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Re: Pronunciations
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Originally Posted by
Dick Steinkamp
Here's how Webster pronounces diesel. (click on the little speaker). I'm not sure how that is different from "deezil". How do you pronounce it"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diesel
Webster needs to get out in the real world.
I have been in the industry for 67 years and never heard it pronounced with a "z"
till TV came along.
It is pronounced, dee sul. Accent on "dee".
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