THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF LEUPOLD

[hangnoose]

Silly me, I figured the way they say it on their own tv commercials (lou-poled) was correct. I've been corrected many times and most people pronounce it (leo-pulled). what's the correct way?

 

[rimfired]

As you heard, (Lou-pould). But I was wrong once before, just once...

 

[gunlovingirl]

I've always pronounced it loop old.

 

[jpwhel]

I've been wrong several times. Sometimes I am corrected, sometimes not.

Live and learn.

 

[kozmic]

If Leo pulled and Lou poled who would win?

 

[Onomea]

That'd be Lou....

 

[4011]

In Texas it's Lee o polled

 

[Pete99004]

I always pronounce it the same way it's spelled.

Pete

 

[Alpo]

Leo-pulled?

Ask whoever corrected you to please show you the O in the "leo" part of "leo-pulled".

'Cause funny, but I don't see it. Just looks like a U, to me. Leu-pold. Lou-polled.


'Course, them are probably the same people that insist it is a "Sake-oh", a "Smith and Weston" or a "Heckler and Cock".

 

[fat tom]

I know that the correct pronunciation is "loo-pold",but if I said anything but "lee-uh-pold" around here,I'd get laughed at and picked on. After all,we is a bunch of rednecks,right?
f.t.

 

[Cdog]

I ain't had any trouble communicating what I'm looking for, nor do I recall anyone having issues asking me about the Leupold brand.

As long as we keep asking for them, I doubt anyone at Leupold & Stevens really cares how we pronounce it.

 

[ralph7]

In Texas it's Lee o polled

From a fellow Texan that actually wrote the company and asked them, it is pronounced LOO-POLD.

 

[W.E.G.]

Watch the video for 23 seconds.
Leupold Riflescope Factory Tour - Part 1 - YouTube

 

[chief38]

I have a feeling the Company won't be insulted if you mispronounce their name as long as you buy their product. Toemato vs tomayto kind of thing.
And yes I know I spelled it incorrectly twice!

 

[bluegrassarms]

That word is pronounced "lee-uh-polled" in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, and going against a Bugs Bunny cartoon is just plain un-American.

 

[DR505]

Well, is it like King Leopold of Belgium?

 

[woodsltc]

I think I've got the pronunciation for Leupold down...........it's "Sako" rifles and "Coues" deer that throws me for a loop (uh, as in leupold).

Don

 

[hangnoose]

PRONUNCIATION

Like the hunting show star Bill JORDAN pronounced JERDAN. I guess he drives a FERD pick up. Or the Midwestern girls Named KAREN that get confused with the Japanese beer KIRIN.

 

[Rule3]

Call them LOOP Hold

1-800-538-7653

 

[arjay]

In the old country it's lay-o-polled,but it's been Americanized into loo-polled.I pronounce my own name the original way and my kids pronounce it the Americanized way.

 

[yeti]

I say "loop-old" but I am polite and don't correct anyone that says "loop-a-old" or "lee-pold" or even pushing the envelope with "lee-a-pold."
It's good stuff.

The clip instead of magazine thing really pisses me off, though!

 

[Marshwheeling]

I always assumed it was a German name, which would make it Loy-pold. That's how I'd say it, without more info. But I sure wouldn't argue with the guy who belongs to the name.

 

[rwsmith]

I vote for....

I vote for Lou-poled.

It really surprised me when I found out Hoppe's was pronounced Hop-eez.

Just don't say Nyu-cu-ler as in bombs. There's no excuse for that

 

[litauer]

Lou-pold, like leukemia. You wouldn't say leeukemia.

 

[kamloops67]

how about edelbrock pronounced el-duh-brock?

 

[ralph7]

how about edelbrock pronounced el-duh-brock?

Thank You!

 

[2152hq]

Kids at the range tell me it's a Loopy 'scope.

But then it's Remmy & Winny too as far as they're concerned.

I only have a 2 scopes , use neither, no Leupolds.
I do have a Lyman Alaskan. Is that Lie-man or ,,,,

 

[Jessie]

Give me the good one with the gold ring around the objective lens, whatever its called

 

[shouldazagged]

I always assumed it was a German name, which would make it Loy-pold. That's how I'd say it, without more info. But I sure wouldn't argue with the guy who belongs to the name.

It would be "LOY-pold" in German. This isn't Germany and nobody I know pronounces it that way. And I'd wager a few shekels that the people who sell them don't give a good brisk damn how people pronounce it as long as they buy the excellent product.

I tried pronouncing it the German way a few times and got laughed at, so I said to hell with it.

 

[sipowicz]

It's Lou pold...but is scope pronounced skoap or Skopy?