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Old 12-14-2019, 11:01 AM   #21
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I definitely want to know it is a buoy in the water, not a boy.[/QUOTE]



Lol, that made me laugh. I just imagined the poor fella in the water...
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Old 12-14-2019, 11:13 AM   #22
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Depends on its meaning. When a verb, it can be pronounced as boy "I'll try to buoy her spirits up a bit". When a noun, boo-ee, "do you see that buoy in the water over there?"
Ah, good point made there.

When stating that you are buoying someone up - do you use two or three syllables? If two, why, since you use two when just saying buoy?

Is it Boo-ee-ing

or

Boy-ing?
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Old 12-14-2019, 02:28 PM   #23
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Buoy, think buoyant. It used to be one syllable for bouy in the English language. In my opinion it is unfortunate that Canadian English-language dictionaries now recognize both pronunciations. I suspect it is further dilution of our language from the US. Have to recognize common usage.
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Old 12-14-2019, 02:35 PM   #24
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Ah, good point made there.

When stating that you are buoying someone up - do you use two or three syllables? If two, why, since you use two when just saying buoy?

Is it Boo-ee-ing

or

Boy-ing?
Yes, Boy-ing, Boy-ed, boy-ant, etc.

A boo-ee's a boo-ee.
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Bob’s boy, Boyd, bouyed spirits by boinging buoy bells.
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Old 12-27-2019, 12:42 PM   #26
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Old 12-27-2019, 01:03 PM   #27
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Neither boy or boowee.

Bwoy.

More than two syllables, but less than one.
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Old 12-27-2019, 01:27 PM   #28
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Old 12-27-2019, 02:08 PM   #29
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Bewie is the right way to say it.
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Bewie is the right way to say it.
So you can bewie someone's spirits?
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Seems to me that if you do not like the English "boy" pronunciation then it should be "boo-oy" which if you swallow the 'oo" sound comes out close to "boy". Do not see how to get to "boo-eee". To each his own, but main thing is to make sure you know where they are and do not hit one!!
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So you can bewie someone's spirits?
Zactly.
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Neither boy or boowee.

Bwoy.

More than two syllables, but less than one.
You may want to recheck your math.
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Yes, I think you've nailed it!! BWOY it is!!! Minimal pronunciation of the "u" sound.
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Boy oh boy you foreigners speak funny. If someone over here called it a booee everyone would think you were talking about a knife (as in booee knife)
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If I was good at math I'd be an actual engineer, instead of "really mechanically inclined".
Well, impossible to be more than two syllables and less than one. I think perhaps you meant more than one and less than two.

Now, for us, it's boo-ee. If for no other reason, I'd prefer that simply to avoid any confusion with boy.
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Boy oh boy you foreigners speak funny. If someone over here called it a booee everyone would think you were talking about a knife (as in booee knife)
Bow-ee knife

bwoy (sort of).
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Boy oh boy you foreigners speak funny. If someone over here called it a booee everyone would think you were talking about a knife (as in booee knife)
Or David Bowie. Boy does just fine here.
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Well, impossible to be more than two syllables and less than one. I think perhaps you meant more than one and less than two.



Now, for us, it's boo-ee. If for no other reason, I'd prefer that simply to avoid any confusion with boy.


What I mean and what I say are often wildly disparate.
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