"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".
>>>
>>> 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!!!!!!! ;-)
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> Ooops - sorry, didn't realize that!
^^^^^^

You do realise that *realize* is another Americanism - and not *proper*
English???

;-)))

st.h