How do you pronounce "lure"?

[pbnstevo]

Well, my mother and I have an on-going argument on how to pronounce the word lure.

I say it like: lue-er (loo-er)

And she says it like: loor (loooor, rhymes with shure)

How do you guys say it?

[ILfishinman]

most the times i say it like lurr and yea just like sure, how do you say rapala? like Wrap-uh-luh or Ruh-pall-uh?

[FlyRod]

"Lure"; depends on where you are from, but rhyming with "sure" is fine.
Actually, almost everyone mispronounces "Rapala", usually accenting the second syllable, like "rah-PAh-lah". In fact, the word is Finnish and the surname of Lauri Rapala, the creator of the original Rapala lure.
Actually, the accent should be on the first syllable..."RAH-pah-lah", taking a millisecond less to speak than with the erroneous and common manner.

That will be all, boys and girls, and remember to bring a nice shiny apple for Ol' Teechur tomorrow.

FR

[KenDammit]

I thought it was like RAP-uh-luh, same thing..different spelling?

I call them Lures as in Sures

[ILfishinman]

ive always said it Ruh-Pall-uh. then i hear it on the TV sayin wrap-uh-luh. guess im wrong lol oh well im still sayin what i say.

[crankybait]

I say it like loor. Correct way?

[ihateforwards]

I like your mom's way better, my sister says it's your way though. Go check a dictionary!

[Raul]

It´s pronounced "loor".

[jooleyen]

LMAO. This is probably the most confusing post I've ever seen. I pronounce it lireaoooorriilaeeoafqbcn42

[ILfishinman]

loor looks too odd, it should be written lou-er in the dictionary pronunciation part

[lizardsrule]

Originally Posted by pbnstevo

Well, my mother and I have an on-going argument on how to pronounce the word lure.

I say it like: lue-er (loo-er)

And she says it like: loor (loooor, rhymes with shure)

How do you guys say it?

It is not a two sylable word, so lue-er would not be correct. But since I was told I don't have a accent from all the locals down here in the South, what do I know rotfl. LURE, SURE, PURE, all one sylable's. Not SURE if I spelled sylable correct though rotfl

Lizards

[JB]

sure, everyone in the midwest can pronounce lure
what I wanna know is how everyone says "creek"

The first time my cousin in mass. heard me say it while we were fishing he lost it? he goes "crick"? wtf ....then took we all around the neighborhood to let people hear me say it lol

[ILfishinman]

i say creek crik and other things depending on size of it, hehe

[mont_lunker_hunter]

being from the south, i say "bait" (regardless of live or artificial) and i say creek. But only if it's to deep to wade, otherwise it's a "draw".

[zooker]

Originally Posted by mont_lunker_hunter

being from the south, i say "bait" (regardless of live or artificial) and i say creek. But only if it's to deep to wade,

i concur.. ifin you all is in swimmin water that flows it's a river..when it don't flow it's a lake..


zooker

[pbnstevo]

Thanks for proving me wrong guys, pffft.

I say Creek and Ra-pall-uh.

[texasbasser]

I say lure as is sure, and RA-PALLA

[jooleyen]

Hey Zooker,

You used it it one of my other posts, and I was wondering what you mean when you say "ifin".

[pig n jig]

I am going to go out on a limb and say it depends on how many beers ya had before you started fishing ?

JB, Its a Crick, or a brook here.

Its Rap Ola, or Raw Pale la again depending on how many beers, or if you had one toke over the line too many ? P N J

[ROBZILLA]

Please for the love of God go here and listen all answers are answered. enough said!

[FlyRod]

We could settle this easily if we replaced "lure" with "that little hooky thingie at the end of the string." Ever think of THAT? NO! Of course you didn't. Once again, it was up to me to find the solution.
Must I do EVERYTHING

FR
Nurse! More morphine, please.

[Vabass22]

How do yall say water? Is it wutter, or wotter? People around here say, wursh, wurter, and crick.

[flbassman]

ifin= if. but a little different. "ifin y'all are inter-ested, we got a mitey purty littul crick down the way fur fishin in."= "If you (plural) are interested, there is a nice, smallish body of flowing water a few miles down the road that you're welcome to fish in."

and I say loo-er. just wonderin- when you say "anit" do you pronounce it that way too?

[ILfishinman]

wtf is "anit"? you mean "Aint"?

[bassintxlady]

i say you guys need to get the heck outta the house and go fishin dangit...pronounced DANG--IT.....you have managed to take a simple couple of words and how to say them into a long thread.....i say tomatoe...you say mater.....who cares as long as you hand me a loor, lure, when i need to tie one on the end of me line!!!!!!....now go fishinnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....... ...