How do you pronounce "roof"?

doze · Post by **doze** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:24 am

Rewf. Southwestern Ontario. Everyone here pronounces it rewf, except (and I have no idea why) a lot of auto workers in Windsor, who pronounce it ruff (same vowel sound as "foot").

Another one people seem to have different ideas about is "hoof."

DCrom · Post by **DCrom** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:36 am

"Rewf" is the closer of the two. Born and raised in northern California.

But a substantial number of the older generation where I grew up were Dust Bowl era immigrants from Oklahoma and north Texas - I heard the "ruff" pronounciation a lot from them.

"R - oo - f", with the same "oo" as in "ooze"

starman · Post by **starman** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:33 pm

Choice: Maybe ruff (that is if you pronounce the u as in truth)

Another displaced Indiana boy (old geezer actually) living in VA

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 1:06 pm

roof pronounced like hoof (short vowell sound) as a Georgian raised by West Virginian parents. Everyone around here seems to say it roof like in "hoop"

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:50 pm

Ceiling.

(OK,so I live in a high rise apartment),

Slan,
D.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:51 pm

So far it looks (or lewks) like we only have responses from this side of the pond. Alright England, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, etc. How do you people across the pond weigh in on this issue?

Looks like we ruff-ians are behind in the poll, too! C'mon, any more?

TXwhistle · Post by **TXwhistle** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:07 pm

rewf
Texas

NZ_Chris · Post by **NZ_Chris** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:07 pm

I voted rewf ...

Location - New Zealand

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:21 pm

Thinking it over, I tend to vary according to context

xoot · Post by **xoot** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:24 pm

Rewf

Got me wondering how you say book though. Maybe bewk as some British accents have it, is correct, not the shortened vowel sound that is more common.

Can't see how ruff comes about, or else bewk, becomes bukk, or buck. \

Weird language this English (yes it's the one I learned first

)

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:33 pm

How about "with"? TH voiced (as in "breathe") or unvoiced (as in "breath")? As with "roof", I pronounce it both ways.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:50 pm

BrassBlower wrote:Choice: Ruff
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

I use the same vowel configuration as in foot (as opposed to the oo in boot), and also on the word root, but never in the case of root beer, for some reason.

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:02 pm

Rewf. North Georgia.

But I know a lot of people around here who say something about halfway between the two that rhymes with "hoof".

Lark · Post by **Lark** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:25 pm

I’m from the mainland of nova Scotia.

I say roof as in rūf, that is, the O sound is like that when a crowd goes “Oooo” and “ahhh”…. well when they are going “Oooo” anyway

So would that make it rOoooof?

Anywho, if you are ever in mainland Nova Scotia ask a local to say “out and about in a boat”. If you are in cape breton , well talk to them about anything, the accent will show up

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:29 pm

Lark wrote:Anywho, if you are ever in mainland Nova Scotia ask a local to say “out and about in a boat”. If you are in cape breton , well talk to them about anything, the accent will show up

I've never had an accent. I might not would've realized this, otherwise, but really I had begun to pick up on that fact, the more I've been around.

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Rewf

How do you pronounce "roof"?