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He's a good buoy.

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't work in the US as they pronounce that word like complete psychopaths.

Odd that they say boooey, but pronounce buoyant and buoyancy correctly.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

It still works. I call my pup "a good Bowie".

[–] kionay@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

From US.

Booey is close enough to boy for the joke to still work just fine.