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How do you pronounce Leroy?
Leroy is a name I've been liking recently (I know, I know, but I really do like it and only as a MN), so I was wondering who you pronounce it? I pronounce Luh-roy (If you have ever watched the 50s movie The Bad Seed), but I know it's pronounced Lee-roy as well. Which way do you say it?Loving... Naomi Sage and Benjamin Jett
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LEE-roy, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
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I say Lee-roy. I've never heard it pronounced luh-roy.
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LEE-roy. I don't care much for Luh-roy, it makes me think it should be spelled LaRoy. Weird question, is there something wrong with Leroy? Everytime I see someone say they like it (not talking about here, specifically) it seems like people act like they shouldn't. I like Leroy myself, but then I do tend to like the "underdogs" of names. :P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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To me, Leroy is a stereotypical redneck name. There's a song Leroy the Redneck Reindeer by Joe Diffie, about a redneck reindeer that fills in for Rudolph one Christmas. That could be just me, though.
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Leroy is a stereotypical redneck name to me, also. And the only Leroy I've ever known WAS a stereotypical redneck. My next door neighbor when I was living out in the country in Texas. Not a bad guy, but a redneck. I don't want to violate his privacy by divulging his last name, but I will say that his last name made Leroy sound even more redneck than it does coupled with most other last names. I don't even remember why I ever mentioned him to my father, but when I did, my father laughed his head off because Leroy with that particular last name just screamed REDNECK.
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Nothing wrong with it for me. I like several "older" names like Leroy, Stuart, and Stanley. :)
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LEE roy. I'd say luh RWA if I was reading French, and it was two words.
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I've only ever heard it Lee-roy.
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Honestly, every time I look at it, I pronounce it differently each time! I do like Luh-roy better than Lee-roy though.
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I say lee-roy.
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I pronounce it Lee-roy, but I don't like it. I've never heard it Luh-roy. I like that though. The only other pronunciation I've heard is in French, luh-wah. I like that too.

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LEE-roy.
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I'm on the LEE-roy bandwagon. I've known two Leroys, one old and one my age. Both were LEE-roy.luh-roy sounds like fake French to me.
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I've only ever heard it as LEE-roy.
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It's Lee-roy to me, just ask Jim Croce (as in Bad, Bad Leroy Brown). It was a top contender for my doggy.
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LEE-roy. I've never heard the name pronounced otherwise.
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Lee-roy.
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I pronounce it Lee-roy.
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I would say "LEE-roy". That's the only way I've ever heard it. I only know of one personally and he says it the same way (Thomas Leroy). I've never heard it pronounced luh-ROY but I think that's more pleasing to the ears.
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