bocote wood

[dennisww]

I don't know correct way of pronouncing bocote please spell the way it is pronounced for example bacoat or bocoat or bacoatee etc...........

 

[Firefyter-emt]

I know it as Bo-co-tee

 

[wood-of-1kind]

BOW-COT-T

Do I win a prize[?][)]

-Peter-

 

[ilikewood]

If your from the south, it's Ba-cot-ee. If your from the northeast, it's Ba-ot-ee. If your from Canada, it's Bo-cot-eh.[]

I don't know that there is a correct pronunciation as I have heard it in about every form possible.

 

[LEAP]

The first time I tried it on a slim line I pronounced it (^%#$^$#&^$#*^$. Of course it was cross cut and I had not got enough glue on the tube.
Phil

 

[DCBluesman]

It's a Spanish word and is thus pronounced buh-co'-ta.

 

[BigRob777]

Wow, I've been saying buh-coe-tee.

 

[airrat]

Alot of woods out there have about 5 different ways of saying them. LOL

 

[bob393]

I'm confused[]

 

[dennisww]

I don't feel so bad about not knowing correct way of pronouncing bocote. seems like it is pronounced many ways, but I believe DCbluesman has probably got it right because it is spanish

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Join the crowd!

Originally posted by bob393
<br />I'm confused[]

 

[Penmonkey]

Originally posted by OKLAHOMAN
<br />Join the crowd!

Originally posted by bob393
<br />I'm confused[]

Count me in!

 

[Rifleman1776]

bow-coat or bow-coat-ee

 

[airrat]

Can someone do a .wav file for us hook on phonics kids? [][)]

 

[TellicoTurning]

If you just kinda slur the word, everyone will think you know what is correct...

While we are doing it... what is proper for WENGE?[}]

 

[DCBluesman]

Originally posted by Rifleman1776
<br />bow-coat or bow-coat-ee

How does that help (other than the fact that it's wrong?) Is your "bow" like the "bow" of a boat or like a "bow" tie?

 

[GreggR]

It's a Spanish word and is thus pronounced buh-co'-ta.

Uh, now I'm confused. No disrepect, but does this mean I need to pronounce tamale "tuh-maw-la"?

MSO (my stupid opinion) is "buh-co'-tay" or "purdy wood my customers like!"

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[Skye]

http://www.woodenpicks.com/woodgrain_selections.pdf

No need for smart a** remarks.

The link pronounces it "Bo-co-tee". Who's right? Who knows. For all we know the natives have their own toMAYoe toMAHo for the wood and there is no 'right'. Regardless, does it really matter that much?

Here's another I ran across:

&gt; Bocote

boh-COAT-eh

And another:

&gt; Bocote

bo coat ee ("bo" as in "to" as in "top")

Some more:

It helps if you know the region of origin. A lot of the woods that end in
"e" (bocote, ziricote, ipe, makore) are south and central american and
should be pronounced spanish-style (e = "<b>ay</b>").

 

[MesquiteMan]

Since it is spanish, the proper pronunciation, using spanish pronunciation rules, would be bo (o like vOte) CO (o like vote) te (e like thEy). The CO is accentuated. This is according to my limited spanish language skills as well as the following: http://www.tomzap.com/sp_key.html

 

[bdar]

Mexican Rosewood!

 

[dennisww]

I think I like purdy wood