wondering about reidel o wine glasses
"st.helier" > wrote:
>>> The correct spelling is "Riedel", pronounced "reedle".
>> Just in analogy to "riesling" pronounced "reezling".
>>
>> But "ei" for "ie" in German words is a rather common typo among
>> native English speakers (is that correct?).
> Only those people writing *American* English!!!!!!! ;-)
Ooops - sorry, didn't realize that!
> Those of us who speak / write proper English have no such
> problem.
I beg your pardon, I stand corrected.
M.
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