In a message dated 10/8/00 4:46:28 PM Central Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: Nih koh la TESS lah NIH as in Nick KOH as in cola LA as in cola TESS as in counTESS LAH as in huh That's the way my Random House says it's pronounced. We need a decision from someone speaking a Croation language. I pronounce it GENIUS. Pronounced cheers, Ralph Zekelman