How do YOU pronounce buoy?

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So am I and I've never heard it pronounced any way other than boi. :\

Sorry to dissapoint your fragile little mind but in England, where you live, we have different dialects.

Where i come from it's definently not boi, a boi is what i'd call a cheeky teenage twat who stands up to his elders, you know, like you.
 

biggestmuff

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drdops

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Sorry to dissapoint your fragile little mind but in England, where you live, we have different dialects.

Where i come from it's definently not boi, a boi is what i'd call a cheeky teenage twat who stands up to his elders, you know, like you.

In Scotland its boi, and everywhere i have worked offshore around Norwich its also boi.
 

StageLeft

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Boy, the other way is not an option, it's just wrong. Like pronouncing phone as "puh-hone"
 

bignateyk

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Buoy? Like the things that float in the water? It's pronounced boo-ee, why is this even a question?
 

bignateyk

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I am and we don't say boo-ee. It's more like boyee.

Reminds me of chef boy aredee. :)

Yeah, kind of like boo-ee said with an accent. All the ships i've been on have been american ships, but noone has ever said "boy". It's always similar to boo-ee, almost with a virginian accent.
 

WelshBloke

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Sorry to dissapoint your fragile little mind but in England, where you live, we have different dialects.

Where i come from it's definently not boi, a boi is what i'd call a cheeky teenage twat who stands up to his elders, you know, like you.

You said

Boo-ay.

I'm a Brit.

As if everyone in the UK pronounces it that way, thats clearly not the case.


Oh and for your information I'm waaayy past the teenage phase.