How do you pronounce Bocote?

It’s the second way…. with the accent on “coat”.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I’ve heard it pronounced, “BOW COAT E”

-- Have a blessed day!

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

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!

Same as Beyonce

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 †

Shiz-nit, it’s Bo-co-te’!!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

Gimme some…I’ll pronounce it for ya….

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Ive been saying it wrong all this time? Dang it!! Do like the sound of bocote’ though.

-- Hand Turned Turkey Calls

Interesting, I never thought about how I was pronouncing it. Now you have me thinking about other woods I am pronouncing wrong.

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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.

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.

I pronounce it ….....PURDY

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Can’t hear you, Scrappy.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

That’s why I keep a copy of my Funky-Wagnell’s ‘cyclopedia handy. :-)

-- In the shop making chaos out of order