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View Poll Results: How do you pronounce Beaufighter?
Bo-fi-ter 17 73.91%
Byoo-fi-ter 3 13.04%
Other 3 13.04%
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Old 07-26-2008, 09:37 PM   #1
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How do you pronounce Beaufighter?

Well, how do you?
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Old 07-26-2008, 09:43 PM   #2
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I am gonna say Byoo-fi-ter.......are you trying to figure this out or are you testing us?
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Old 07-26-2008, 09:46 PM   #3
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I am gonna say Byoo-fi-ter.......are you trying to figure this out or are you testing us?
kind of both. I don't know for sure the right way. I have been pronouncing it Bo-fighter all my life, but I rarely have heard it pronounced by anyone-- I've only ever read it or heard it said by people who may not have been a good authority on the subject!
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I am Pretty sure its Byoo-fi-ter
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Old 07-26-2008, 09:48 PM   #5
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Also I thought it would be a funny poll!
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haha I look at it I was like...hmmmmm...how to pronounce Beaufighter I never really thought of that becoming a thread
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:01 PM   #7
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It IS pronounced Bo fighter... As in boa...
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:12 PM   #8
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Bow (as in ribbon, necktie) fie -ter

Beau Bridges
Beau Geste

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Bow (as in ribbon, necktie) fie -ter

Beau Bridges
Beau Geste

You mean I was right? Gasp!
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:19 PM   #10
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And, uh, what about those two people who voted other?
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:21 PM   #11
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descendants of Helen Keller?
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:23 PM   #12
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descendants of Helen Keller?
noice! And they didn't explain.
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:32 PM   #13
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They would have, but their profile indicates they have no lips.
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Old 07-26-2008, 10:35 PM   #14
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Hey I was one of those!
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no nwhat is nyour pnoint, Njaco?
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