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[Michael Quinion]

Jonathan Lighter commented

> I say "boy" for "buoy" too, and I'm over here.
>
> TV ads for "Lifebuoy" soap always said "boy" also.

That's what comes of getting one's knowledge of American linguistics
from entertainment exports (in this case old episodes of Enterprise,
in which the Ryker character always said it that way).

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