"Michael Pronay" wrote ....................
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>> The correct spelling is "Riedel", pronounced "reedle".
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> Just in analogy to "riesling" pronounced "reezling".
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> But "ei" for "ie" in German words is a rather common typo among
> native English speakers (is that correct?).
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Only those people writing *American* English!!!!!!! ;-)

Those of us who speak / write proper English have no such problem.

StH