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.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 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.

  • IntlLawGnome
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    71 year ago

    I moved here two years ago. My tactic for initial pronunciation lessons has been to ride the SkyTrain and adopt the pronunciations used for station announcements.

    Based on that, it’s “LOW-heed”

  • ℬ𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓃𝒶
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    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
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    21 year ago

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