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Moved to Vancouver recently, tell me which one or combination of ones is this part of Burnaby?

  • Law-feed
  • Low-weed
  • Loog-heed
  • Luffy (the Straw hat pirate)-d
  • Luffy (Like Fluffy without an F)-d
  • Lao-heed

Thanks for your help!

Sounds like Lowheed is the one that won out.

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[–] bishopolis@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

The name of the 10th premier of Alberta, who won his party control in the '70s on a platform (featuring diversity in spending and preparing for a post-oil economy) all but ignored soon after, after whom the region is named, is apparently pronounced "LAW-heed".

Yeah. I'm dumbfounded too. I'll continue to pronounce it "LOW-heed" so people don't look at me funny. Bone apple tea.

[–] raincityblues@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Low-heed, or Low-eed if you're in a hurry.

[–] banana 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

See Wikipedia:

The name of the highway, unlike that of Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, is pronounced /ˈloʊhiːd/. The highway is named after Nelson Seymour Lougheed, MLA for the Dewdney District and the BC Minister of Public Works (1928–1929), who ran a logging company in the area.

IPA pronouncer for ˈloʊhiːd

[–] LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just remember to also pronounce it Gag-lee-ar-dee Way (just kidding, definitely don't!)