<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Leavenworth is a former logging town that has been turned into a mock Bavarian village as a tourist attraction. So I'm not surprised that they are adding "Weg" to their streets to seem more Germanic.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth,_Washington">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth,_Washington</a><br><div><br></div><div>Alan</div><div><br><div><div>On May 29, 2014, at 4:41 PM, Clay Smalley <<a href="mailto:claysmalley@gmail.com">claysmalley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p dir="ltr">"Weg" is German, approximately means "way." It's right as it is, no abbreviation. </p><p dir="ltr">Funny though that it's outside of the German Sprachraum. Is Leavenworth a town with a lot of German heritage? </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 29, 2014 4:37 PM, "Clifford Snow" <<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I need help with a street name. In Leavenworth, WA there is a street named "Edelweiss Weg" that I want to add. Is Weg an abbreviation for something? It will be tagged highway=service service=alley. Google translate doesn't help. <div>
<br></div><div>If it is an abbreviation, should it be expanded as we usually do?<br><div><br></div><div>Thanks from someone with a language deficit. <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_seattle<br></div><div><a href="http://osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us/" target="_blank">osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us</a></div>
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