Vancouverites, help me pronounce "Lougheed" (Thanks!)

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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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@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y

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"

raincityblues@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y

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

banana@communick.news · 5 pts · 3y

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 pts · 2y

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