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Post by originalvanillabean on Nov 17, 2015 0:16:27 GMT
Same as OP
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Post by myshelly on Nov 17, 2015 0:20:47 GMT
Well I'm completely confused because goof and woof and roof all rhyme.
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Nov 17, 2015 0:28:13 GMT
If I say it, it's roof as in woof If I sing it, it's roof as in goof Can you just imagine the song go "up on the roof" the first way?  How do you even spell that in the pronounced way? R-oouh-f?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 0:29:27 GMT
Goof and roof are the same here but woof has a shorter oo than the other two.
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 17, 2015 0:29:14 GMT
Goof, woof and roof all sound the same in standard Scots. Same in my part of the Canadian woods. |
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Nov 17, 2015 0:37:21 GMT
Same as OP
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Post by blue tulip on Nov 17, 2015 0:40:49 GMT
I grew up in Iowa and say "ruff", and root rhymes with "put", and creek is "crick". I haven't lived in Iowa for over 20 years and I still say it that way. Old habits die hard! BUT, I do NOT say "warsh" for wash. same here. occasionally I say those words "correctly", but it's pretty much the shorter vowel sounds. |
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Post by Peamac on Nov 17, 2015 1:33:15 GMT
It's a regional thing- When I was 9 we moved from Minnesota to Pennsylvania. I remember my mom telling me about some of the ways Easterners pronounce different words. We said "roof" (like "goof"). On the east coast it's pronounced like "woof". Other differences were the word "route" (like "out" compared to "root".) Or pronouncing the word "crayon" like "cran", and in PA it sounded like "crown". I still pronounce the word "lawyer" as "loy-er" instead of "law-yer." I need to work on that one though- my future son-in-law is planning to go to law school next year!
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Post by melanell on Nov 17, 2015 1:44:43 GMT
I have always pronounced it to rhyme with "goof", but I keep hearing people pronounce it to rhyme with "woof" and got all nervous that I've been saying it wrong like an idiot. Well, I was already to agree with you about the "goof" thing, but then you messed with mind because in my world "goof" and "woof" rhyme. |
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Post by Zee on Nov 17, 2015 2:17:54 GMT
I have always pronounced it to rhyme with "goof", but I keep hearing people pronounce it to rhyme with "woof" and got all nervous that I've been saying it wrong like an idiot. Both, I guess. When I imagine saying it I can hear myself saying both interchangeably for no good reason. Grew up in NW IL |
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Post by Zee on Nov 17, 2015 2:21:34 GMT
I grew up in Iowa and say "ruff", and root rhymes with "put", and creek is "crick". I haven't lived in Iowa for over 20 years and I still say it that way. Old habits die hard! BUT, I do NOT say "warsh" for wash. It's different where I lived in IA but my MIL is from central IA and uses those pronunciations, including WARSH, MAY-sure (measure), GAR-beej (garbage), etc etc. To my kids' endless amusement, lol |
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Post by retrofunscrapper on Nov 17, 2015 2:44:40 GMT
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 17, 2015 2:48:15 GMT
Rhymes with goof.
I've heard it pronounced like woof but that sounds so weird to my ears.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Nov 17, 2015 2:52:47 GMT
You've been saying it right.
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Post by MaryMary on Nov 17, 2015 2:58:33 GMT
you prounounce goof and woof different from each other? That both sound like roof when I say it........ Roof like tooth And woof like hoof or hook. Does that make things better or worse? Haha |
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Post by RiverIsis on Nov 17, 2015 2:59:36 GMT
Goof, woof and roof all sound the same in standard Scots. Am I the only one that had to practice my bad Scottish accent and verify this?!  |
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Nov 17, 2015 3:12:59 GMT
I think I switch how I say it depending on how I'm using the word in a sentence. I probably use roof like goof more.
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Post by leannec on Nov 17, 2015 3:16:37 GMT
Roof sounds like goof here too.  |
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Post by anaterra on Nov 17, 2015 4:23:15 GMT
you prounounce goof and woof different from each other? That both sound like roof when I say it........ Roof like tooth And woof like hoof or hook. Does that make things better or worse? Haha All that sounds the same to me except hook... but hook is not the same as as hoof woof |
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