JEN'-oh-uh or je-NOH'-uh?

DArcy

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Feb 11, 2017
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The BFR is Elon Musk's biggest toy, SpaceX's Big F*%!ing Rocket.
 
May 17, 2004
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Beneteau Oceanis 37 Havre de Grace
That’s what I thought. My research suggests Big Falcon Rocket. Talk about a letdown.
Then there's this, suggesting Big Falcon Rocket is just the family friendly "backronym".

"Yes, BFR stands for "Big F---ing Rocket." But there's also a family-friendly variant of the acronym, and it's coming into wider and wider use — as evidenced by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell's remarks Thursday (Oct. 5) at the first meeting of the newly resurrected National Space Council."

I also like the NYTimes explanation - "The 'B' stands for 'big'; the 'R' is for 'rocket.'"
 

Kermit

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Jul 31, 2010
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AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
Then there's this, suggesting Big Falcon Rocket is just the family friendly "backronym".

"Yes, BFR stands for "Big F---ing Rocket." But there's also a family-friendly variant of the acronym, and it's coming into wider and wider use — as evidenced by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell's remarks Thursday (Oct. 5) at the first meeting of the newly resurrected National Space Council."

I also like the NYTimes explanation - "The 'B' stands for 'big'; the 'R' is for 'rocket.'"
#bigsighofrelief
Thank you for the explanation and the link!
 
Feb 14, 2014
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Hunter 430 Waveland, MS
Big Flying Jib = BFJ = Big head sail
Maybe;)

You can't say Genoa in Southern speak. 3 syllables.
Ginny works.:)

Jim...
 
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jwing

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Jun 5, 2014
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And in German. IE and EI happen in equal measure in German words. 'Weird' is Germanic in origin!
Interesting. However, in German, the convention is that 'ie' is pronounced with a long e sound, as in our word 'cleat'; and 'ei' in German is pronounced with a long-i sound, as in our word 'aye'. So somewhere along the way, the pronunciation or the spelling of 'weird' got bastardized. (I almost used the word 'sky' to illustrate the long-i sound, but my Alabama neighbors wouldn't understand. To them, the wild blue yonder is called the 'skahh.')

How I say 'genoa' is however the skipper says it. On my boat, the small foresail is called 'jib', and the big one is called 'JEN-oh-ə.'
 
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Aug 3, 2012
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Performance Cruising Telstar 28 302 Watkins Glen
Ginwa? That's that new noodle restaurant downtown.
NAW! You caint co-opt ar Suthern Axayant!

Dammit. I thought I got close til I realized I used “co-opt”...
That would never happen in the true South. Alas, I AM from Boca Raton... Florida.
 
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Aug 3, 2012
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Performance Cruising Telstar 28 302 Watkins Glen
Youse guys really need to launch your boats.
You are soooo right!
I sold my 272 yesterday. I have to do a little work and help launch it, but it is making me itchy to get started on boat work!