05-31-2018, 11:19 AM
(05-31-2018, 10:55 AM)timc Wrote:(05-31-2018, 10:12 AM)jamincan Wrote: Wellz-ley
Is is Vie-mar Line, or Weemer Line?
Definitely Wellz-ley. I have heard "Well-es-ley", but I think it was ironical.
As for the latter, I say "Wye-mar".
Wellz-ley and Wye-mar, definitely. Weemar would just be so wrong, for the same reason that Wiebe is Wee-bee and not Why-bee. I don't think the "v" sound has survived in any of the local German names beginning with "W".