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To: Bob Ireland
Storm winds were buffeting the first posting. 😂

Ok, here's a pronunciation slide that I could easily look up but I trust FreeQs more than Miriam-Webster.

"Buffeting" - which is it..
Buffet as in "Jimmy Buffet"
or, Buffet like you find at the Golden Corral?

Very important question.

650 posted on 10/31/2024 9:38:47 AM PDT by meyer ("When, in the course of human events,....")
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To: meyer

Buffet like Jimmy Buffet. My house was buffeted by a thunderstorm last night. Now it’s cold but at least the wind died down.


651 posted on 10/31/2024 9:43:27 AM PDT by Mama25 (Be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet!)
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To: meyer
Jimmy Buffett has two Ts. Buffet (BUFF-et) refers to wind. Buffet (BOO-fay) refers to serve yourself dining.

back in the day, we were looking for a name for a new colt born on our farm. We had been toying with names from Jimmy Buffett songs, but all were already taken (or just too stupid to take seriously). My Dad, who was an airline pilot, tossed up the idea “Buffet Boundary,” which is a technical flying reference, and so that was the name we sent to the registry. Plus, we got to call him Buffett for his stable name.

660 posted on 10/31/2024 11:03:59 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: meyer
***Ok, here's a pronunciation slide that I could easily look up but I trust FreeQs more than Miriam-Webster***

OK, you got me⬅❗ 🤷‍♂️ I admit that I hesitated to use the term and questioned the spelling. But it is so common a term that I just decided to go with it and d**n the torpedoes, full speed ahead! As an amateur linguist I realize that language is always evolving and nuts to the dictionaries - we no longer speak Anglo Saxon ❌ ... I didn't want to do a linguistic search for the term so I just posted it - 💥😂

662 posted on 10/31/2024 11:38:23 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: meyer
It's pronounced like Jimmy Buffett but with only one 't'.

SpyNavy

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

670 posted on 10/31/2024 12:30:29 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: meyer

In Louisiana, it would be Boo-Fay.


804 posted on 10/31/2024 11:09:05 PM PDT by Melian (✳✴️ Reminder: Memes are made to make you think or laugh. Verify for yourself before reposting. ✳️✴️)
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