Date:  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 11:12:08 -0700

From:  William King <WFKING[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Can you buoy?



In Phoenix I heard a family use buoy [bu i] while swimming in a pool.

The youngest child was floating, and others said "Look, he can buoy!",

then began asking others if they, too, could "buoy."

Does anyone know where this is from? The older children pronounced

pliers as [pla ers] (plahers).

Bill King