The correct pronunciation of Leupold *and other companies.

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Posted: 8/11/2005 8:17:49 AM EDT

Lee-uh-pold?
Loo-pold?
other?

I'm sure this is a dupe but try putting Leupold in the search in the 20 pages of archive results.

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:39:50 AM EDT

[#1]

Watch the video:

www.leupold.com/products/media/myleupold_web.mpg

Posted: 8/11/2005 10:20:31 AM EDT

[#2]

"Leo-pold".

Posted: 8/11/2005 10:35:54 AM EDT

[#3]

Loo-pold.

Posted: 8/11/2005 10:36:23 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
"Leo-pold".

Edited because mongo beat me by a second or two.

Posted: 8/11/2005 11:29:42 AM EDT

[#5]

Whenever their bean counters call here they always pronounce it "Lee-uh-pold & Stephens" (or stevens..can't remember).

THat being said...I've always pronounced it "Loo-pold.....)

heh....so in closing, my answer is: fucked if I know.....I'll defer to the other folks.

Posted: 8/11/2005 1:13:22 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Loo-pold.

Of course.

Leupold pronounces it LOO-pold, and so we should.

Posted: 8/11/2005 7:09:06 PM EDT

[#7]

Would you uncle Leu like being called Leo?

Posted: 8/11/2005 9:57:26 PM EDT

[#8]

Like Mongo wrote: Loop-old.

Call the company some time and listen to how they answer the phone.

Posted: 8/12/2005 5:32:03 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Watch the video:

www.leupold.com/products/media/myleupold_web.mpg

I'd say that pretty well sums it up.

Posted: 8/12/2005 6:51:54 AM EDT

[#10]

Loo-pold. My company sells some of their products and this is how we all pronounce it.

Now, how many people know how to pronounce Swarovski correctly? I can't tell you how many people I hear butchering that name

Posted: 8/12/2005 7:00:08 AM EDT

[#11]

Here is a better way to sound it out......... LOU POLD

Posted: 8/12/2005 8:14:59 AM EDT

[#12]

Heckler und Koch

Posted: 8/12/2005 8:36:45 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Heckler und Koch

Are you asking how it's pronounced or just being a wise ass?

Heckler and "COCK", correct?

Posted: 8/12/2005 8:39:59 AM EDT

[#14]

Heckler & Koch

Posted: 8/12/2005 8:52:10 AM EDT

[#15]

I know correct is probably lee a pold but I like loo i pold

Screw it we buy the products that's all they probably care about.

Heckler and Kock is an interesting example: is it correct to pronounce the German Heckler and Coke without supplanting the and with "unt"?

That's what I do-- although it is combining German and English which may not be right either.

Posted: 8/12/2005 9:04:41 AM EDT

[#16]

Garand

Posted: 8/12/2005 9:23:41 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Garand

Grr-rand? Audio 1 Audio 2

If Leupold was spelled Leopold then it would be pronounced like this. I thin most tools just mispronounce the same way they would mispell it.

Here's one... Hesse... now Vulcan.

Or how about Olympic

*I don't really believe that... just thought it was funny.

Posted: 8/12/2005 9:32:59 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Heckler und Koch

Are you asking how it's pronounced or just being a wise ass?

Heckler and "COCK", correct?

Wise ass

Posted: 8/12/2005 12:33:24 PM EDT

[#19]

VLTOR.

Question: What does VLTOR mean?
Answer: VLTOR is the ancient Roman spelling for the Latin word ULTOR, meaning "Avenger". This word was commonly used to describe the Roman God of War "Mars".

Posted: 8/13/2005 1:28:26 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
VLTOR.
Question: What does VLTOR mean?
Answer: VLTOR is the ancient Roman spelling for the Latin word ULTOR, meaning "Avenger". This word was commonly used to describe the Roman God of War "Mars".

I thought it was Voltor... wasn't that the villain in Battle of the Planets (G-Force/Gatchaman).

Posted: 8/13/2005 7:22:47 PM EDT

[#21]

Vul Tor

Posted: 8/13/2005 7:55:04 PM EDT

[#22]

What about Lapua, as in .338 Lapua?

Posted: 8/14/2005 5:02:00 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
What about Lapua, as in .338 Lapua?

Lah-poo-ah?

Posted: 8/14/2005 5:04:53 PM EDT

[#24]

Bianchi

Beeyankee.

Posted: 8/14/2005 5:24:49 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Bianchi

Beeyankee.

That phoenetic spelling might be misleading. Isn't it more like Bee-YAHN-kee

Posted: 8/14/2005 5:41:11 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Bianchi

Beeyankee.

That phoenetic spelling might be misleading. Isn't it more like Bee-YAHN-kee

Nope. Bee Yang kee.

Posted: 8/14/2005 6:52:14 PM EDT

[#27]

I've heard people pronounce it Loi pold, but since nobody here pronounces Volkswagon as "Wolks Vagon", we'll do it the American way

I do pronounces Waffen SS as "Vaffen SS", and Luftwaffe as "Looftvaffa", but that's just me.

Posted: 8/14/2005 7:43:15 PM EDT

[#28]

From what I understand the correct way to say SAKO is "sock-o" not "say-ko" as most of us Americans pronounce it.

Posted: 8/14/2005 7:53:32 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
not "say-ko" as most of us Americans pronounce it.

I've never heard anyone pronounce Sako like Seiko.

Posted: 8/14/2005 8:41:34 PM EDT

[#30]

If your French its Le-Pold

J223...

Posted: 8/14/2005 9:57:03 PM EDT

[#31]

Definately LooPold

Posted: 8/14/2005 11:09:28 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Here's one... Hesse... now Vulcan.

Or how about Olympic

Shit, I can barely read the screen as I type this I'm laughing so hard.

Posted: 8/14/2005 11:25:38 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
Quoted:
not "say-ko" as most of us Americans pronounce it.

I've never heard anyone pronounce Sako like Seiko.

I hear it pronounced seiko all the time. Hell, I asked a kid in Cabelas to see a Sako and he did not know what I meant. He insisted it was Seiko.

Beyond that conversation, the new Buda store rocks...

Posted: 8/14/2005 11:32:11 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Quoted:
What about Lapua, as in .338 Lapua?

Lah-poo-ah?

I thought it was La Pah

Posted: 8/15/2005 4:55:24 AM EDT

[#35]

I thought it was say-ko too.

Quoted:
Quoted:
Here's one... Hesse... now Vulcan.
Or how about Olympic

Shit, I can barely read the screen as I type this I'm laughing so hard.

Bout time someone picked up on that one. I was cracking myself up doing it.

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
What about Lapua, as in .338 Lapua?

Lah-poo-ah?

I thought it was La Pah

I thought either lah-poo-ah or la-pwa.

Posted: 8/15/2005 5:14:36 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Heckler & Koch

H&K

Bomber

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