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1309 days ago |
Topic tags/keywords: humor question bocote Is it Bo-coat? Or is it Bo-coat-tay? Or maybe Bo-caught-tay? We all have to start somewhere, right? =] -- Lisa Chan, custom cafts and yarn accessories, http://www.grippingyarn.com |
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#1 posted 1309 days ago |
It’s the second way…. with the accent on “coat”. -- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood" |
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#2 posted 1309 days ago |
I’ve heard it pronounced, “BOW COAT E” -- Have a blessed day! |
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#3 posted 1309 days ago |
If it’s Spanish in origin, then Charlie is right, Bo – COE -tay, putting a stress on the second syllable. An American derivative is probably Bow – coat- TEE just because it’s rolls off the tongue cleaner during an English conversations. -- Thuan |
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#4 posted 1309 days ago |
Guess I’m learnin too, I call it the first way Bo-coat -- Carpenter assembles with hands, Designer builds with brains, Artist creates with heart! |
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#5 posted 1309 days ago |
Same as Beyonce |
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#6 posted 1309 days ago |
I’ve called it the first way. -- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com † |
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#7 posted 1309 days ago |
Shiz-nit, it’s Bo-co-te’!!! -- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX |
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#8 posted 1309 days ago |
Gimme some…I’ll pronounce it for ya…. -- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven! |
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#9 posted 1204 days ago |
Ive been saying it wrong all this time? Dang it!! Do like the sound of bocote’ though. -- Hand Turned Turkey Calls |
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#10 posted 1204 days ago |
Interesting, I never thought about how I was pronouncing it. Now you have me thinking about other woods I am pronouncing wrong. -- ----- www.KNWoodworking.com ----- -- |
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#11 posted 1204 days ago |
dont feel bad, having learned mostly from books, it wasnt until i started seeing alot of videos that I found i was pronouncing alotta stuff wrong lol -- - Jei, Rockford IL - When in doubt, spray it with WD-40 and wrap it with duct tape. The details will attend to themselves. |
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#12 posted 1204 days ago |
Whatever way you say it, it ain’t wrong and we all know what you mean. Anyway, it is a beautiful wood. -- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon. |
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#13 posted 1204 days ago |
I pronounce it ….....PURDY Scrappy -- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess! |
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#14 posted 1203 days ago |
Can’t hear you, Scrappy. -- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY. |
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#15 posted 1203 days ago |
That’s why I keep a copy of my Funky-Wagnell’s ‘cyclopedia handy. :-) -- In the shop making chaos out of order |
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