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Colin Rosenstiel · July 27th 03, 01:12 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Redonda) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

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Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The
North Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the
British.

The Americans I met while living in Berlin (including the 3 I shared
an apartment with) always pronounced 'ie' as 'eye' for example they
called Riesling (wine) 'rye-sling'. Maybe it's regional (my American
friends were mostly from California) or proper names don't follow
general usage?

I can't be held responsible for ignorant North Americans.

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Colin Rosenstiel