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

I don't know that there is a correct pronunciation as I have heard it in about every form possible.
 
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
 
It's a Spanish word and is thus pronounced buh-co'-ta.
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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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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:

> Bocote

boh-COAT-eh
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And another:
> Bocote

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