hmmmmm....
Whee......len?
Wee...len?
Wheel....en?
"Smith"?
I'm not too good at this.....
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hmmmmm....
Whee......len?
Wee...len?
Wheel....en?
"Smith"?
I'm not too good at this.....
I have always pronounced it "well-in".
whal...len
I really want to know.....
You may be right, No1....I have no idea
whale....en
You planning a SAYONCENTS ?
sorry, could not resist
I've heard it pronounced many weighes, not sure witch is correct
I had a teacher with that last name. She prefers wii-len/wee-len like sweden. No whales or wails; definitely not Waylan.
wee-lin.
with an H
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAPjCExArA8
"Wheelin down the road" BTO?
Whale-em or WAIL-EM
Lol, 5 minutes ago i really didn't care how it was pronounced. After reading this, i'd like to know for sure now though.
In the South where i am, MOST seem to pronounce it WAY-LAN.
The way NO_1 pronounced it sounds right to me though. All i know for sure is that it's my favorite rifle cal.
Helen then add W to front.... W..helen.... Well-en... This is going to drive me goofy....
You don't have to be crazy to enjoy this thread ....but it helps!!!!!
"Nurse wheel in the next patient. I don't care if he is wail-in. His sister Way Lynn told me to wail on him. But only till he starts wellin."
I met Col. Townsend Whelen back in the late fifties at NRA Headquarters. I called him "Col. Wee-lin" and he never corrected me so I would guess that is correct? He was a great man and frankly his writings influenced me a good bit, including my wilderness wandering and cast bullet small game hunting.
FWIW
Dale53