buoy [boy] ~ [BOO-ee]

[W Brewer]

RE: search for MH 370.  WB heard CNN Brit & Aussie reporters separately say
something like << [BOO-ee] or [BOY]>> as a single expression. Later, Brit
Richard Quest settled on [BOO-ee].
DelMarVA WB uses [BOO-ee], but has always felt it as lower register than
auslaendisch [BOY].  Q: Is [BOO-ee] gaining favor over [BOY] in official
usage? (WB's first reaction was that non-US Anglophones were making fun of
my [BOO-ee] pronunciation.)

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