Pronunciation of Loudon

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Help settle an argument please!

Loudon - as in loo-don or loud(to rhyme with cloud)-on

My dad went to school with a Loudon, pronounced loud-un.

It’s Lou as in plough It’s a name of an area in Ayrshire

There is a castle with an old theme park louden castle. Beautiful grounds.

Ohhh I remember louden castle. They had peacocks roaming about the grounds too

I'd think Loo-dn as English pronunciation and Loud-un as US.

Not sure about other UK nations.

I'm English and I've only heard loud-un

I’ve never done across it before but I’d have gone with Loo-DON. Looks French 🤷‍♀️

I'd go with loo-don I thought it was a my style of London to begin with though. I don't like it at all

I’d eat Loo-doh as it looks French, but would happily be corrected

It's Loud-on surely

Or really more Loud-en

Like this guy Loudon Wainwright III

Yep. Loud-en

Loo-dun as it has the same start as Louis and Louise.

I'd read it as Lough- don, as that YouTube clip seems to confirm....

No its definitely loud-on as in Wainwright.

Louis and Louise are influenced by the i - which loudon doesn't have

"Loo-dun as it has the same start as Louis and Louise."

I think the "i" changes the pronounciation.

I instantly thought "Loud en" as in Cloud, loud etc

I would misread it and assume the child had been born or conceived in London!

Loudon—- loud-on

It’s my DCs grandmothers surname. She was Scottish

I'm Scottish so Loud- on (short sounding on).

To rhyme with Now-don.

It's a common surname in Scotland.

It definitely isn't Loo-don!

I would say Loo-don, but I'd not know for sure whether it should be like that, or like 'Loud-on'.'

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Loudon Wainright is Loud en no loodon

Definitely loud-on.

Yeah, bruffin, I remembered that it was pronounced the opposite way from how I always thought it was pronounced. Unfortunately I forgot how I always thought it was pronounced . I only heard it said recently, when I watched a documentary on Rufus W.

www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2017/09/06/548788469/fresh-air-for-sept-6-2017-loudon-wainwright-iii

Proper pronunciation and a fantastic interview.