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Janszoon 12-31-2018 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2029407)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...20px-SVP-B.jpg

"Buoy" is a strange looking word, with a touch of the Far East about it - and when an American says the word, he is clearly abandoning English altogether, metaphorically throwing up his hands and saying, "Bway-who-hayee" or something similar that I can't quite remember. ;)
Why can't you guys just say "boy", which is the way me and the Queen pronounce it ?
I'm sticking with BOO-ee.

Oriphiel 12-31-2018 04:45 PM
Bu Yi

Janszoon 12-31-2018 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Oriphiel (Post 2029420)
Bu Yi
Bougie

Lisnaholic 12-31-2018 05:39 PM
^ That looks like the French for boogie, or perhaps an alternative for the entirely different bogey - which I'm sorry to say is what you have in your handkerchief after blowing your nose.

Also, is buoyant pronounced "boo -ee- ant" or do you keep things simple as we do, with "boy-ant"? Two nice, simple British syllables that anyone can employ with confidence.

Janszoon 01-01-2019 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2029440)
^ That looks like the French for boogie, or perhaps an alternative for the entirely different bogey - which I'm sorry to say is what you have in your handkerchief after blowing your nose.
It’s the English slang for bourgeois. :)

The Batlord 01-02-2019 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2029410)
I'm sticking with BOO-ee.
I've never heard anyone say it differently.

Lisnaholic 01-02-2019 05:43 AM
^ Time you visited a marina in England then, D&G!

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2029709)
It’s the English slang for bourgeois. :)
^ Nice! I'm going to add that to the long list of slang I've learned thanks to MB. Still favourites on that list are Jelly and Cre-Cre :laughing:

Marie Monday 01-02-2019 10:41 AM
smirk
grunge
queue: looks like confused Spanish
yacht: is actually confused Dutch


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