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Old 05-27-2008, 03:14 PM
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Default Tell me how to say pfeil.
Subject pretty much says it all. How do you pronounce the word pfeil? feel? puh-feel? file? ratatouille?

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Old 05-27-2008, 04:45 PM
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I believe it is pronounced "File" - but would not be surprised to see someone correct me!
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Old 05-27-2008, 04:54 PM
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Ditto "file". The p is silent, like the p in swimming. Mike
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:40 PM
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I can THIRD that. The only way I have ever heard it is "File".
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:02 PM
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"File" is the pronounciation and I think it translates "arrow" thus the symbol of an arrow below the "sweep number." Some just call them "Swiss Made" so either way people know what you are talking about.
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Old 05-28-2008, 02:36 AM
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i am native german, and swiss people speak german too, so i can assure you it is pronounced like "file" and translates as donald said to "arrow"
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Old 05-28-2008, 08:20 AM
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Ramelson, Flexcut, or homemade! Oh sorry!! LOL
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I always thought and have pronounced it "feel"....but waddya i kno?
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this is so funny
heres another one for ya... my husband buys pferd pfeiles...lol
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It is pronounced file, and it does translate as "arrow"
The Pfeil tools are marked with an arrow.

Here is a site that will actually pronounce words in German.
Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)
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