It’s one of those words you feel when you say it. It starts deep in your belly and expands upward. Your lips purse for the “buh,” then open into the “ohhhh,” which you can stretch as long as needed. And its meaning? Well, that’s harder to explain.
Boh suggests not knowing. But it can communicate resignation, skepticism, indifference or bemusement. It means all these things and none of them exactly; it doesn’t really translate. In “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” MJ discovers boh on a school trip to Italy and becomes enchanted.
I became enchanted with boh, too, as a young teacher at an international school in a small Italian city. Most of my preschool students were Italian children whose parents wanted them immersed in English. I was expected to speak only English with them.
One morning, after setting up playful activities with great intention around my classroom, two students arrived together. Eagerly, I showed them some materials I was certain they would love and asked if they wanted to try.
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