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Originally Posted by HarryT
How do you get an "ee" sound out of the word "buoy"? There's no "e" in the word. I can understand how "quay" might be pronounced as "kway" by people who are unaware of its French origin, but putting an "ee" in the word "buoy" is a lot more puzzling.
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Well, buoy is originated from either the middle dutch
boye for signal or old spanish
boyar for float, so either pronunciation works on that basis.