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Old 11-12-09, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Trakhak
Why not let the French, who invented the item in question, decide how to spell derailleur?
Then that would be "dérailleur".

And we should pronounce it "day-RYE-EUH", right?

(see http://www.sheldonbrown.com/derailer.html)

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