Bow-E or Boo-E

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Not sure if this has been brought up in another post or not. If it has, I couldn't find it. How do you pronounce Bowie? Bow-e or Boo-e. Let the debate begin. :)
 
I was always under the impression that it was "Bow-e". That's how I've always pronounced it.
 
I always say Bow-E.

Boo-E sounds too much like a floating nautical marker type thing. Gets confusing.

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HardTripper said:
Its Boo-ee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_knife
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That article shows both pronunciations. I'm not saying one is right and the other is wrong. Most people will know what you are talking about when you say Bowie knife. I was talking about the Bowie knife the other day with a co-worker. It drove him nuts when I kept going back and forth between Boo-e and Bow-e. He asked why I wouldn't just pick one and go with it.
 
I read a biography on Jim Bowie once, and the book said his name was pronounced Boo-E. Don't remember the title. I had to retrain myself to say his name right. Took forever for me to stop calling them Bow-E knives.
 
Here in Ohio, every one calls them bow-e. Being raised by a black smith, my dad always made sure I said boo-e. Hell now a days it doesn't even matter what its called since there are so many renditions of the bowie design, most people call any large fixed blade a bowie.
 
It seems as though here in Southern California most of the people I encounter say Bow-ee.
It's the way I've grown up saying it.
That being said, I have encountered some people here who are adamant that the correct and true pronunciation is Boo-ee.
 
You know someone's not from the south when they say it wrong. They don't say boooo-eeeee;)
 
I've always heard it as bowie. Bow-eee. Doesn't boo ee sound like buoy? I guess I'm just used to it, but Bowie sounds more defined, while boo ee sounds like a round fat thing.
 
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