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Subject: [Leica] IMG The orange buoy
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:51:07 +0200
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Douglas Barry wrote:

> "F?elix L?opez de Maturana" <felixmaturana at telefonica.net> wrote
>
>> Coming back to the colors of the sea...
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/160361-1/Boya.jpg
>
>
> Nice splash of colour. And almost continues the Botero theme...
> I see boya is the Spanish for buoy which is pronounced boy over here 
> in Europe but seems to be pronounced boo ie in the US. How is buoyant 
> pronounced in the US ?
>
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Buoy&searchmode=none 
<http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Buoy&searchmode=none>

Also found something dating the term back to the Romans

Nice colour shot , nearly graphic, love it.
Bien cordialement
Philippe


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