ADS-L Digest - 21 May 2008 to 22 May 2008 (#2008-144)

[Wilson Gray]

Good news, if true!

Back in the 'Forties, I was taught 'roof, roofs" and "hoof, hooves." I
use "oo" as in "ooh!". But  the pronunciation with "oo" as in "ccok"
is also fine with me.

-Wilson

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Your Name <ROSESKES at aol.com> wrote:
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> On May 22, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> "The   tornado ripped _rooves_ off buildings."
>>
>> "_Rooves_" appears to  be  becoming more and more common.
>
> I personally haven't heard  "rooves" since probably the late 1960's,  when we
> were taught that form  in grade school.  I remember deciding for  myself in
> high school  that "roofs" sounded better and made more sense, and that  I'd
> use it until  someone told me to stop (probably via a  teacher marking it wrong
> on a  paper, or by that which has more  authority: a peer making fun of me
> for
> saying it).  Neither ever happened,  so I've been saying "roofs"  ever since
> - and so has everyone else I know.   I literally have not  heard or read that
> term
> from then till tonight, upon  reading the  above.  So it seems to me that
> it's
> becoming less common, not   more.
>
> Rosemarie
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