Re: Weekly Vocab 8
From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, May 20, 2003, 14:00 |
>>>have "boocoo" in your idiolect? :)))
>>
>>It's not at all uncommon in informal spoken English, though not usually
>>written. Note the raising of the initial vowel.
>>
>Never heard it in my life (so presumably it isn't used in TV American or
>Australian). What's it mean? Lots?
At least in my idiolect, yes, it means lots. It's even in my parents'
idiolect. Can't say that I've ever seen it used in writing or heard it on
TV. I pronounce it [BoUku_H], though I hear ["bu:ku] said quiet often.
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