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Old 05-26-2009, 04:10 AM   #282
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
1. The word "buoy" - ie a floating marker at sea - which the reader pronounced "boo-ee". In British English the word is pronounced the same as the word "boy".

2. The word "quay", which the reader pronounced "kway". Again, in British English it's pronounced "key".
Interstingly the pronunciation seem to be close to the French word for these two ie (buoy == boué with pronounce boo-ay and quay == quai that pronounce kay (but not key that is more like ki)

By the way the "official google pronunciation" is "key" : http://www.google.fr/dictionary?sour...langpair=fr|en

and "boy" : http://www.google.fr/dictionary?lang...uée&hl=fr&aq=f




PS: if you want to try to ear the french pronunciation go here :

http://www.acapela-group.fr/text-to-...tive-demo.html

in the field "Tapez votre texte ici :" put "bouée" or "quai" and click on the "OK!" buttun to ear it ^^

edit:

I search in the Oxford dictionary for word origins :

Quay is from old french kay ( http://www.askoxford.com:80/concise_oed/quay?view=uk ) which is an old form of the actual "quai" word

And it seems that the french "bouée" come from the same word in dutch : "boeye" cf buoy - AskOxford - bouée - CNRTL

I really found etymology a fun and exciting subject ^^

(and sorry if all I said was already sayed, the topic is really too long)

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