Is it ridiculous to spell Louis, Louie?

Huey, Dewey, and Louie Ducks

@puppilongstrumpf perhaps not all over the world but certainly here in Britain, the place (unless I'm mistaken) OP lives, where one of the most famous children of this decade, our future Kings son, is also called Louis and spells his name traditionally and the way the OP likes may well help a little?!?! Just an opinion no need to throw your raised eyebrows around 😂

I know a Luey - just to add that one into the mix.

Pronounced Loo-e obviously.

I don't think there should be so many pronunciation issues since Prince Louis has been born

A large part of the world pronounces Louis as Lou-is. I don't think Prince William's third child being named Louis is going to change that much

Louie is not that yoonique anymore. It's become more popular than Louis.

Louis is the best way to spell it. Louie looks yoounique and chavvy! Lewis is Loo-is like the department store John Lewis. Louis is a lovely name. Lewie would be a nightmare of constantly spelling it out!

I don't think there should be so many pronunciation issues since Prince Louis has been born. Might be wrong but people will more likely recognise it as the traditional spelling now surely. I have a friend with a son called Louie though so I like that spelling too and I did know a Lew-iss spelt Louis as a teenager but I always thought it was odd as Louis to me has always been Lou-ee (I had a friend and my dad loves Louis Armstrongs music so that's probably why.) xx

Louie is awful, it’s Louis. Spelling Lewis Louis sucks too.

In 2016 Louie was given 1,380 times!

My friend has a Lewie. I don't blame her for wanting to make the pronunciation clear by spelling it this way.

Why are we assuming that people won't pronounce Prince Louis as Lou-is?

Who are these parents getting ‘terribly offended’ by someone mispronouncing their child’s name??

DS1’s name (not Louis!) has two possible pronunciations. When people use the ‘wrong’ one, if it is appropriate I smile and say ‘we pronounce it xxxx’. If it’s not appropriate eg a passing comment from someone I’m never going to see again I let it go. DS sometimes corrects people himself now he is older (7).

Would people interpret that as me being ‘offended’ over their mispronunciation, or are other parents reacting in a more than extreme manner? Whilst it is a little annoying when it happens all the time, it seems an odd thing to be offended over.

I love the name Louis, until I see it spelt Louie.

I don't know anybody who would mispronounce Louis.

That's all very well, but OP and her friends clearly do as they have taken the (considerate) step of checking the preferred pronunciation. I speak decent French but I double-check when I meet a Louis as I've met several who pronounce it Lewis (although I agree that this may wane in the coming years as the Prince Louis effect filters through).

I don't know anybody who would mispronounce Louis. It is a French name and most people have studied the French revolution and know about Louis xvi at the very least.

I'm guessing that you don't have recent experience of the History curriculum in England and Wales. The French Revolution is covered on most history A Level specifications but only a tiny minority study history post-16. I suspect that most people are vaguely aware of Bastille Day and a few other key facts but won't have studied the revolution in any detail.

I teach secondary and can think of at least five students who are named Louis, pronounced Lewis. They are all fifteen plus, however, and although it might take a few years to take effect I imagine that there will be a Prince Louis effect which would directly benefit OP's DS.

Luis is Loo-ees

Fucking auto cirrect

I've now said it in my head approx. 300 times reading this thread and now they all sound silly!
Louis is Loo-ee
Lewis Loo-iss
Luis is Loo-ess

Louie - fine. Looks mis spelt to me but none of my business.

People coming on here, calling people "thick" for not pronouncing it "properly" are incorrect imo.

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Oh dear! Louis XVI was married to Marie Antoinette, who when there was a famine and before she lost her head declared "Let them eat cake"!

Off topic but @OhTheRoses what does this mean? Perhaps you should reconsider the name. Have a chat about it over tea and cake if there aren't funds for bread.

Because Nancy, there are different possible pronunciations. The French one, the 'french' one (the one that English speakers use, which is not quite the same as the actual french pronunciation - Louie) and the German one (Lewis). If you want the correct pronunciation, true to the original French, it would not actually be Louie. It's a different pronunciation. There are many different pronunciations, one of which is Lewis. People coming on here, calling people "thick" for not pronouncing it "properly" are incorrect imo.

Btw, I don't have a Louis of any flavour, as the name isn't to my taste. This argument just is a bit annoying, especially when people are accusing people of ignorance while actually being a little ignorant themselves.

I have a Louis (pron Lou-ee) though occasionally strangers like doctors etc will call him "Lewis", he quickly puts them right. It is the most traditional and obvious spelling to me.

I have a very easy three letter traditional name and am constantly being asked to spell it- i think there are so many variations these days you can really choose what you like.

In Spanish it's Luis pronounced Lou is.
In German it's Louis pronounced Lou is.