A simple Joe Louis question

[Matchfixer]

Obviously I have seen this guy's name loads of times but have always wondered how it is pronounced.

It reads (Loo-ee) but I have also heard it pronounced (by the Weakest Link presenter :) ) as Lewis.

Can anyone help me out here ?

[hitman_hatton1]

i've always pronounced it joe lewis.

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Obviously I have seen this guy's name loads of times but have always wondered how it is pronounced.

It reads (Loo-ee) but I have also heard it pronounced (by the Weakest Link presenter :) ) as Lewis.

Can anyone help me out here ?

as someone who used to live in the town wher the arena bears his name...it is pronounced like lewis...whoever said 'loo-ee' must be french!!!

louis was actually his middle name...joseph louis barrow.

[Matchfixer]

Thank you!

[mattyp151]

Loo-is.

[neil r]

Obviously I have seen this guy's name loads of times but have always wondered how it is pronounced.

It reads (Loo-ee) but I have also heard it pronounced (by the Weakest Link presenter :) ) as Lewis.

Can anyone help me out here ?

as someone who used to live in the town wher the arena bears his name...it is pronounced like lewis...whoever said 'loo-ee' must be french!!!

louis was actually his middle name...joseph louis barrow.

And he was named after his dads brother in law, Joe Louis Nichols.

There you go.

[Manos de Oro]

I've found American's have a tendency to pronounce French words their own way. I remember hearing Georges Carpentier's manager (Francois Deschamps) pronunced as "dez-chah-mps", when of course it's really "day-shau".

Er, I think.

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I've found American's have a tendency to pronounce French words their own way. I remember hearing Georges Carpentier's manager (Francois Deschamps) pronunced as "dez-chah-mps", when of course it's really "day-shau".

Er, I think.

of course, the most famous one well-known university notre dame, which we pronounce NO-TUR DAIM...instead of NO-TRA DAHM...not about to follow the french lead in ANYTHING!!!