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Thread #158710 Message #3757523
Posted By: Lighter
10-Dec-15 - 05:16 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Help with Gypsy Davy
Subject: RE: Origins: Help with Gypsy Davy

Thanks for the link, Jim.

The missing bit is that English "-weem" and "Wemyss" appear to be anglicized "spelling pronunciations" of "uamh," which doesn't sound anything like it in Gaelic.