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[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce Leroy?
LEE-roy. I don't care much for Luh-roy, it makes me think it should be spelled LaRoy. Weird question, is there something wrong with Leroy? Everytime I see someone say they like it (not talking about here, specifically) it seems like people act like they shouldn't. I like Leroy myself, but then I do tend to like the "underdogs" of names. :P~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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To me, Leroy is a stereotypical redneck name. There's a song Leroy the Redneck Reindeer by Joe Diffie, about a redneck reindeer that fills in for Rudolph one Christmas. That could be just me, though.
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Leroy is a stereotypical redneck name to me, also. And the only Leroy I've ever known WAS a stereotypical redneck. My next door neighbor when I was living out in the country in Texas. Not a bad guy, but a redneck. I don't want to violate his privacy by divulging his last name, but I will say that his last name made Leroy sound even more redneck than it does coupled with most other last names. I don't even remember why I ever mentioned him to my father, but when I did, my father laughed his head off because Leroy with that particular last name just screamed REDNECK.
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Nothing wrong with it for me. I like several "older" names like Leroy, Stuart, and Stanley. :)
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