Mmm, Canadian lingo is at times an interesting experience. So whilst on the tour of Lake Ontario was where I first encounted the following pronounciation. In Oz we all know the bright marked metal floating objects in the harbour, rivers etc as 'buoys'. But no, in Canada they use the term 'boo-ee'. To make sense of it all, it is the french word for buoy - 'bouee'. But when blended with english, makes for an interesting realistaion of the assimilation of the two languages.
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