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How do you pronounce Lapua?

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Lv2fish
I say La-poo-a
I just watched a Ron Spomer video and he said Lap-wa.
So, what's correct?
Or are we both wrong? Haha
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LeadStacker
When you call the test center, they pronounce it lop-wa.

I still call it La-poo-eh because it sounds better.
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Shorty123
Gibbs calls it la-poo-ah
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I would never thought that. Hopefully I can remember that.
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T0rtuga
According to Lapua...Lop-wa.
Lapua Rimfire Performance Center
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Snake45
According to an article I read in a gun mag some years ago, where they toured the factory or something, it's Lop-wa.

Case closed. ;)

Now, anyone want to play "Garand" or "carbine"? :LOL:
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Sblzrd65
Well there's the Americanized way people say/mispronounce and then there's the way that the Europeans themselves say it.
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Aaron M
If you say lop-wa to most people they just look at you like you are talking with a mouth full of crap, but everyone knows la-poo-ah.
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Lv2fish
Aaron M said:
If you say lop-wa to most people they just look at you like you are talking with a mouth full of crap, but everyone knows la-poo-ah.
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Yes!
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Toomany22s
Kah- Ching😇
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At last years SB Nationals ,Adam Braverman made an announcement the correct pronunciation of Lapua.
It’s Lap ua . Someone in the audience “ We ain’t saying that” It’s La pua.”
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Snake45
22SLEEPER said:
At last years SB Nationals ,Adam Braverman made an announcement the correct pronunciation of Lapua.
It’s Lap ua . Someone in the audience “ We ain’t saying that” It’s La pua.”
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My Late Great Dad used to say, "If ten million people do a Stupid Thing, it is still a Stupid Thing." ;) :LOL:
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Test_Engineer
It's pronounced the same way a Canadian would pronounce this guy:
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Le Pew, Aye?
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Leep-ooaah.
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I wish I never read this post. I've been living a lie.
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BrianF said:
I wish I never read this post. I've been living a lie.
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Phil in Alabama
Just a smidgen of history, the name comes from the city of Lapua in Finland where the ammunition factory Nammo Lapua is located. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapua

I believe all the rimfire ammunition is manufactured in Schonebeck, Germany now.
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I used to thing it was lah Pugh uh. Now I think it's lap uha. Not really sure. But we all call addidas, ah deed us, oversees it's Ahh deed us.
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Sblzrd65 said:
Well there's the Americanized way people say/mispronounce and then there's the way that the Europeans themselves say it.
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Yea. But they also butcher aluminum.
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Lahp-'wah. NO POO!
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