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How do you pronounce this word. I pronounce it ''boo-ee'', but, I've heard some people
pronounce it ''boo'', the same as the word ''boo''.
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I pronounce it /boi/ the same way I pronounce "boy".
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Wow, Jim! That is odd to my Californian ears. I pronounce it as "boo-ee" or in French,
"bu-i."
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When people say ''buoy'' as ''boo'' or ''boy'', it just sounds like they're leaving
out a syllable to me.
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To me it sounds like they're adding one in when they say /bu:i(:)/ (i.e. "boo-ee").
It's all a matter of what you're used to /bu:i(:)/ sounds quite odd to my Aussie
ears.
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How about "buoyant", "buoyantly" and "buoyancy"? I say /boi..nt/, /boi..ntli(:)/
and /boi..nsi(:)/.
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dictionary.reference.com has two different pronounciations. Boy and boo-ee. I prefer
boy since boo-ee sounds too cutesy.
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It's true...for "buoyant," "buoyantly" and "buoyancy" I use the 'boy' sound. It's
only for "buoy" that the "oo-ee" comes into play.
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I had not heard "boo-ee" for "bouy" until recently and I thought it sounded very
peculiar, like "erb" for "herb".
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http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=10301&dict=CALD lists both noting
/bu:i(:)/ as the US pronunciation. It also says that the other words are always
/boi..nt/, /boi..ntli(:)/ and /boi..nsi(:)/.
Yeah, also /e:(r)b/ (i.e. "erb") for "herb" sounds peculiar to me.
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I pronounce "buoy" as "boy" like Jim and Jack Doolan. I've never heard it pronounced
as "boo-ee".
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Jim, Mjd has said it all for me.
"It's true...for "buoyant," "buoyantly" and "buoyancy" I use the 'boy' sound. It's
only for "buoy" that the "oo-ee" comes into play."
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I say "boo-ee" but "boy-ancy." I know it makes no logical sense but it sounds weird
to call the thing floating in the water a "boy."
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