From: Jim Jordan <jbjordan@gnt.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) On Blue's Races
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:57:20 

At 04:25 PM 10/12/99 -0400, you wrote:

.  Wouldn't "Wijzer" in Dutch be pronounced like "Wiser"
>in English?

	Viser'd be closer. The "ij" in Dutch is the German "ei," so the long "i"
sound is correct. The doubleyou would be pronounced as a vee, though. Of
course, when it comes to Wolfe, you never know, so we'd have to think about
it, and maybe get into a BIG argument here over whether Wijzer is
far-seeing (Visor) or insightful (Wiser).

Nutrium


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