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Chris -- 2025-05-10
“Swimming: The booey marks the boundries which a swimmer should remain in.”
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRevi … ublic.html
There are many more google hits, but its a tough search, what with all of the Baba Booey references…
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Surely a result of the US pronunciation of the word? In the UK, it is pronounced “boy”, so we don’t see that misspelling…
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