And the solution is, they substituted "lifebuoy" when it had to have two syllables."Past the lifebuoy and through the bay" but "The bong of the bell of the buoy in the bay" pronounced with one syllable.
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I post this because one day someone else will get a bit obsessed and go down this rabbit hole, and I want to save them time and worry. I thank you.
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(Also because the 1963AFTHOTWTTF London Cast Album isn't online anywhere that I could find, and is greyed out on Spotify. So you can't easily check.)
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I only learned about the UK pronunciation because of some wordplay in a Discworld book.
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I wondered something similar ... With SOMETHING ROTTEN's opening number "Welcome to the Renaissance"
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First time I heard the US pronunciation I had no idea what it was
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Ive lived in the states my entire life and pronounce it "boy." I guess some part of me would know "boo-ey" but that isn't what instinct tells me to say
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Thank you for your assistance in this difficult matter. We've had a tot's reader book that attempts to rhyme "Ahoy" and "buoy" that has stymied us yanks for years.
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Well, it just makes sense. How on earth do you pronounce "buoyant" over there?
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There’s a Seinfeld bit in one of the TV eps where they cut to a punchline of a joke and it’s something like “and Rachael Welch said ‘those aren’t boo-eys’ “. As a kid I had 0/2 chances of getting that joke. Thanks for your good work here.
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"Raquel" Welch (you wouldn’t want your name misspelled either, would you...
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