Date:  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:01:39 -0400
From:  "(Dale F. Coye)" <Dfcoye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
Subject: Boyer or BOOyer

Just met a guy from the Ozarks (S. Mo.) and we were talking about some folks
named Boyer.  He told me that in his neck of the woods there were lots of
Boyers, but they (and he) pronounced it BOOyer, with the vowel of BOOK.

1) is this a widespread feature for this word, or limited to the Ozarks?

2) Does it extend to other OY words? (Toy, oil, Moyers, point)

3) Any theories on why it was raised?

Dale Coye
Princeton, NJ