Wonder if this is usually pronounced like a boxing bout or with the French "boo" sound.
Boxing bout is how I’ve always heard.Wonder if this is usually pronounced like a boxing bout or with the French "boo" sound.
A "bout" as in a boxing match and a "bout" as in the curve of an instrument have different etymological origins even though (nowadays) they're spelled and pronounced the same.
"Etymological"????? I'm afraid you continue to confuse this poor backwoods, redneck guy.
Study of bugs?
No wait, that's not it.
The study of words and their origins.
OK: I believe the real source of the "oot" pronunciation for "out" is Scottish (not Scotch, that's Uisghe); anybody remember the old stereotypical Scottish accent coming from an old guy in a kilt who says he's been "oot and aboot" ?That's a good point Al's making. Different etymologies could warrant different pronunciations. That said, boxing bout and a guitar's lower bout are pronounced the same in my neck of the woods. Then again, if you want to hear some weird accents, just travel around New England a bit. My ex-wife grew up in a nearby town that, unlike the rest of Massachusetts, adds "r"s rather than subtracts them. The word "father" is pronounced "farther." I am not joking.
It's "What's That On Your Boot, Alfie?"Reminds me of that song, What's it all Aboot, Alfie? :witless:
Joe