Northern us accents tend toward the long foodish one southern accents tend toward the bookish one.
Roof pronounced ruff.
Pronunciation of roof with 3 audio pronunciations 25 synonyms 12 meanings 34 sentences and more for roof.
Roof pronounced ruff roof as ruff is rare although i don t doubt that there are some who say it.
Roof as ruff is rare although i don t doubt that there are some who say it.
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The alternative pronunciation isn t ruff like a ruffle it has the same vowel as book or put.
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Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book.
Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book.
How to say roof in english.
Not to be pronounced ruff because only someone from the south with low levels of education would say something that asinine.
08 31 2020 at 09 02 pm.
When i was in grade school we had a teacher from chicago.
Roof that thing above your head as you sleep that protects you from the weather and flying monkeys.
Hey go up on the ruff what the fuck is a ruff you ignorant yankee.
They re both completely acceptable to me.
I tend to say rooof with a long oo but i wouldn t even notice if someone used the other pronunciation.
Northern us accents tend toward the long foodish one southern accents tend toward the bookish one.
How to pronounce roof.