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On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:27:12 +0200, J. J. Lodder wrote:

> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Le 30/03/2026 à 02:16, rbowman a écrit :
>> > On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:13:07 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> >>
>> >> For a belly laugh, listen to Americans trying to pronounce 'buoy'
>> >> Definitely the addition of a superfluous 'u' there'
>> > 
>> > At least we don't say 'bwoy'. There may be some historical precedent
>> > for 'boo-eee'.  Lifebuoy soap was popular when I was a kid and was
>> > pronounced 'boy'. It went out of fashion in the '60s and I don't
>> > think it's even on the market anymore.
>> 
>> 
>> The American pronunciation of 'buoy' is a bit like the French
>> pronunciation of 'bouée'. The TLF says 'bouée' is probably borrowed
>> from Middle Dutch. Collins says that 'buoy' is probably Germanic and
>> has a cognate in Middle Dutch.
>> 
>> I expect JJ will comment. Whatever he says about Middle Dutch, it's
>> still pronounced 'boy' hereabouts.
> 
> The best you can do, probably. It is definitely one syllable, in Dutch.
> You could improve the quasi-Dutch though by using the long English 'oo'
> as in English! 'boot',

I don't have the phonetics vocabulary but my pronunciation is neither two 
syllables nor exactly the same as 'boy'.