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Simple, my dear Watson...
Posted by Julian on Mon Nov 11, 2002 09:26:55 AM
In reply top American public school answer posted by Joe Scheil on Mon Nov 11, 2002 09:09:37 AM
...put another way "Bow", rhymes with Toe.
Presumably the Beaufort was named after Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort who devised the eponymous scale against which windspeed is measured. Perhaps from the French "Beau" = "Good" and "Fort" similar to... er, no, this is a family site...