How do you pronounce "roof"?

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How do you pronounce "roof"?

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How do you pronounce "roof"?

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A survey on C&F regional accents! :D

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Choice: Ruff
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Choice: Ruff.

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rewf

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roof! roof! Image
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Rewf, mostly lived in the northeast USA. When we first moved from Long Island to Rochester NY, I remember my parents saying the locals pronounced it "ruff". They also mentioned the "crick" out back and "A-mayn" in church.
An bhfuil aon dearmad i mo Ghaeilge? Abair mé, le do thoil!
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rewf
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roof :)
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rewf. Vermonter living in Geogia
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I'm from California; we don't have accents, we talk just like they do on TV. :lol:

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Rewf, Kansas City Metro area all of my life.

My dad from Tulsa would call it the ruff, though.

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Rewf
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Post by Nanohedron »

Is "ruff" supposed to sound like "rough"? I pronounce it two ways (don't ask. I don't know why, myself): "rewf", and "roohf" (same pronunciation as "foot", or "good"...at least in my region, that is).

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Contrary to the way most people around northeast Ohio pronounce it, I say roof, like truef, or rūf.
Another big question is do you say wash or warsh? My grandmother who was from SW Ontario said warsh.
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rewf
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