r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ChargeEducational700 • 5h ago

WCGW speeding through the water while both captains are busy scrolling?

This is why captains exist, boys.

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u/AllDeathsAreCertain 4h ago

Yeah Buoy

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u/icaruza 3h ago

Or Yeah Boo-ee (in Americenglish)

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u/whooptheretis 2h ago

What, what…?
Americans say boo-ee‽‽
How do they pronounce buoyancy?
Boo-ee-ancy?

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u/xenogazer 2h ago

No it's just booey for the buoy. We're American, not even our football stadium full of grammar rules can make sense.

(Booey is also often a nickname used by kids out in the country)

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u/Bish_Bosh88 2h ago

I only learned this through watching the reality TV show Below Decks which follows a group of often annoying people working on a yacht.

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u/M8C 1h ago

How do you guys pronounce urine and urinal? because I seem to see a lot of the UK say You-rye-nal

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u/whooptheretis 45m ago

because I seem to see a lot of the UK say You-rye-nal

Yeah, that’s how it’d say it. Americans are “you-ri-nal“?

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u/Hammeredyou 24m ago

At least in my experience it’s more “yer-in-al”

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u/whooptheretis 0m ago

As long as Al consented…

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u/M8C 16m ago

yeah pretty much. i’td be like Yur-in and Yur-in-Uhl

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u/FadedVictor 3h ago

I say it in my head with the voice of John Witherspoon(Granddad from Boondocks), RIP.