how do you pronounce it : rap-a-la or ra-pal-a??? i bet this question has been asked before...but what it is

rap-a-la

From the Rapala website FAQs:

How do you pronounce Rapala?

The assumption is Ra-pa-la. The correct pronunciation is Rap-a-la.

rap-a-la

From the Rapala website FAQs:

How do you pronounce Rapala?

The assumption is Ra-pa-la. The correct pronunciation is Rap-a-la.

So which it is Rap-a-la....oh well ;D

back home in Brooklyn they were simply known as DEM LITTLE WOODEN FISHIES ;D :

i say Rap-uh-la

rap is a form of  urban music.

Why Lauri Rapala chose to pronounce his name the same way is anybody's guess

Avid my man Youre SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEEP

In spite of what Lauri and the folks at Rap-a-la say, their lures will always be Re-pel-as to me.

back home in Brooklyn they were simply known as DEM LITTLE WOODEN FISHIES ;D :

Bass fishing in Brooklyn? now that i gotta see!

I say it Rah-pal-ah. Everyone i know says it that way.

Try this:

RAP-uh-luh is the correct pronunciation.

ruh-PAH-luh is the way I've pronounced it for 37 years and I've having a hard time kicking the habit. The correct pronunciation just sounds wrong to me, even though it's right, if that makes any sense.

Yeah... it's the same way for me, Marty.   :

Joe  8-)

I'm with you Marty. I posted the correct pronounciation from the "ruh-PAH-luh" website. Saying "Rap-a-la" just doesn't work for me either.