delta Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 Help from a local please -how do you pronounce Wieltje? Many thanx Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherree Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 I reckon Wheel t jeah It reminds me of my mother in law's name Aaltje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 What`s more interesting - how did the Tommies pronounce it? Willchy? Phil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 It's pronounced Weeltje, actually. (I'm not local, but close enough!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwin astill Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 What`s more interesting - how did the Tommies pronounce it? Willchy? Phil B Perhaps, with a note of hope in their voice, "Will she?" Edwin Astill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 with difficulty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 never mind that, try Huy [defeated FM French] and l'Aa. [mind you: 'Oklahoma ...... pronounced success in London!'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 27 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2006 It's pronounced Weeltje, actually. (I'm not local, but close enough!) Thanx Roel Stephen P.S. My great uncle is buried at Klien Veirstraat His body was moved there from south Of Locre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurel Sercu Posted 27 February , 2006 Share Posted 27 February , 2006 From a local : - WIEL : (almost) the same as in English WHEEL - TJ : as the CH in English Child - E : as the E in the English definite article The (if followed by a consonant), or as the first vowel in Ago Actually WIELTJE is the diminutive form of WIEL, and so means Little Wheel. (Whether that is also the etymology of the name of this hamlet, I'm not sure though.) Aurel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 28 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2006 Thanx Aurel Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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