In this time of international trade, the native pronunciation of a business name or brand is just about irrelevant. The British pronounce Yahoo in a way the Americans never would, and all English speakers seem to massacre Adidas. I wonder how Asian camera consumers pronounce Rollei? Eric Goldstein -- On 5/29/08, Joost van de Griek <gyorpb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at 11:45PM, "Jeff Kelley" <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > What we need is a recording of Franke arguing with Heidecke, then we'd have > > the definitive answer! > > No, we don't. There really isn't any doubt whatsoever as to how it should be > pronounced to anyone with basic mastery of the German language. > > .tsooJ > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list