05-31-2018, 09:38 AM
(05-29-2018, 01:44 PM)timc Wrote:(05-29-2018, 01:24 PM)Elmira Guy Wrote: From my experience, having been a " Woolwichian" or "Woolwichite" for much of my life, I have found most residents pronounce it 'wool-witch". Certainly how I have always pronounced it.
Wha? I don't live in Woolwich, but I don't think I've ever heard the second "w". Only "Wool-itch".
I have lived in Waterloo region all my life, and my relatives are all local Amish mennonites. I never heard "Wool-itch" until I was an adult and I heard about the place in England.
Next shibboleth, how do you pronounce "Wellesley" ;-)