Neither of the two actually fit. Its more like " muh-nee "

 

i cant read the top but i can make out "HIGH OUTPUT 24valve turbo diesel"

 

Now that's funny I don't care who you are, thats funny right there !

 

I call it DEE-SUL.

I loathe it when people pronounce it DEE-ZUL.


Ironically, it's always the Diesel people that pronounce it DEE-ZUL.

 

Deezul deezul deezul!

 

DEE-zil. From New England, where the American language started.

chaikwa.

 

Aren't I right though?

 

Unfortunantly.

 

I know a TDI guy that says it like de-sill. dunno about them TDI guys sometimes

 

Rudolf Diesel was the inventor of the Pressure Ignited Combustion Engine that bears his name.

Rudolf Diesel was born in Paris in 1858. His parents were Bavarian immigrants.

Bavaria, more commonly known as Austria and Germany.

Ask AlpineRam how it should be pronounced.



(while we're at it, we should ask him how Porsche is pronounced)

phox

 

Por-sha. Ive been to the Por-sha factory in Stuttgart, Germany. That was a very neat place...

 

Thank you.

There is no silent "e" in German.


phox

 

I swear, it's always the people that should know better...

 

Dee-sul most of the time.

 

Ferdinand Porsche (father or son, not sure which one) did not want the car pronounced like the name. So the silent "e" would be correct.