In a fishing village like Newtown, you will often see brightly-painted buoys adorning fences, rails and walls, particularly in summer.
While buoys of all types are still used for fishing. . .
. . . many are adapted solely for decoration.
As fall approaches, most of the buoys will be put away until next summer, but some embellish the landscape all year round.
When creating the title for this post, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the Don Henley song, The Boys of Summer.
“I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
after the boys of summer have gone.”
Of course, if you are from anywhere besides the U.S., my play on words makes sense.
All other English-speaking countries pronounce buoy like “boy”, whereas most Americans pronounce it “boo-ee”. I wonder why.
And if that’s the case, how do Americans pronounce “buoyant” and “buoyancy”?
How do you pronounce buoy?
Do tell!
(And can you tell I’m not
ready for summer to end?)
*Summer Memories Series
Jennifer's Journal 
Down here in sunny Florida, we say it ‘boo-ee’ but ‘boy-ent.’ I never thought of it before, but I wonder why we change the pronunciation like that. Crazy Americans!! 😂 I do love your photos, though.
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That’s what I thought, Lois. “Boo-ee-ent” would be too weird! Glad you loved my photos. 💕
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It’s “boy” to rhyme with “toy” (so now you know, I’m a Brit!)
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Absolutely, Platypus Man!
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I loved seeing the buoys as decoration in PEI when I visite a couple of years ago. As a Canadian I say “boys”. I love the connection to Don Henley’s song.
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Yes, we say boys around here as Canada does. A little play on words with the song seemed fitting. 😊
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I think it’s bu-ee at the Jersey shore.
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That makes sense, Kate, as I understand that’s the way it’s pronounced by all Americans?
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I don’t know about all but on the upper east coast for sure.
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