Poll: How do you pronounce buoy?

[SckizoBoy]

Boy, I'm English. We actually speak the English language how it should be spoken.

Sarcastically?

How else?!

OT: Like so:

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's pronounced similarly to "boy". Similarly, "buoyant" and "buoyancy" are pronounced with "boi-" as their initial syllable.

And 'buoyed' pronounced as 'boo-eed' is just weird...

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

I've never heard anyone say 'boo-e' to me before. And if they do, I'm pretty sure I'll laugh in their face.

It's a 'boy', as far as I'm concerned. Maybe with a hint of the 'u' if you're feeling exotic.

I heard it pronounced "boo-e" once on Seinfeld. In Australia I've never heard it called anything other than "boy"

 

[Spaghetti]

I assumed it was pronounced "Boy" as in "That Buoy is a lot of Buoyancy" No?

 

[Triangulon]

Boo-e? Really. It is boy.

 

[b3nn3tt]

Boy. I never knew that there was any other way people pronounced it. I'm not even sure how you'd get any other pronunciation from looking at the word.

 

[Jonluw]

My reflex would be to pronounce it boo-oy, as in 'buoyant', but now that I think about it, isn't the correct pronounciation 'boo-ee'?

 

[Artina89]

I always pronounce it as "boy", I have never heard it pronounced any other way. My family is not big on sailing so I don't know if that is the correct pronunciation.

 

[chumble]

Boy. It's what I've always been taught.

 

[snowpuppy]

Boy, certainly Boy

 

[interspark]

So i keep hearing people say buoy but pronounce it different each time.

So how do you say buoy and have you ever been on a boat before?

By buoy i mean the maritime thing that floats out in the water.

ever been on a boat before? that seems pretty random, and i'm fairly sure it's "boy" never heard it pronounced any other way, in fact you often hear in children's books when they distinguish the difference in meanings because the pronunciation is the same

 

[SirDeadly]

I say either boo-ee or boy depending on nothing at all.

 

[b3nn3tt]

My reflex would be to pronounce it boo-oy, as in 'buoyant', but now that I think about it, isn't the correct pronounciation 'boo-ee'?

So you'd pronounce buoyant as boo-oyant? Or boo-eeant?

 

[Jonluw]

My reflex would be to pronounce it boo-oy, as in 'buoyant', but now that I think about it, isn't the correct pronounciation 'boo-ee'?

So you'd pronounce buoyant as boo-oyant? Or boo-eeant?

I'd still pronounce it as boo-oyant.

 

[Summerstorm]

Not to get my german all over your english *g*. But since it is Boje (Bo-ye) in my native tongue... i would say Boo-ee.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

My reflex would be to pronounce it boo-oy, as in 'buoyant', but now that I think about it, isn't the correct pronounciation 'boo-ee'?

You say buoyant boo-oyant?

 

[Baradiel]

Boy. Never heard anyone say boo-ee. It sounds ridiculous.

 

[Jonluw]

My reflex would be to pronounce it boo-oy, as in 'buoyant', but now that I think about it, isn't the correct pronounciation 'boo-ee'?

You say buoyant boo-oyant?

What other way is there to pronounce it?
I guess you could say it's more like 'boyant', but I like to acknowledge the 'u' by saying it more like 'bwoyant'.

I honestly wouldn't really know though, seeing how I've never said the word out loud.

 

[b3nn3tt]

My reflex would be to pronounce it boo-oy, as in 'buoyant', but now that I think about it, isn't the correct pronounciation 'boo-ee'?

So you'd pronounce buoyant as boo-oyant? Or boo-eeant?

I'd still pronounce it as boo-oyant.

That just sounds awkward to say. It probably just seems weird to me though, since I've always pronounced it boyant.

 

[Merkavar]

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ever been on a boat before? that seems pretty random,

well i was trying to see if there was a link between people saying boo-e and people who have never been on a boat.

for example i say boy or boo-e when im being silly and i have fallen off many boats. i think the number is 4-5 times falling of a yacht in sydney harbour