Roof Pronunciation Ruff

Not to be pronounced ruff because only someone from the south with low levels of education would say something that asinine.

Roof pronunciation ruff.

Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the cambridge english dictionary. How to use roof in a sentence. 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. Roof was one of our spelling words. Roof definition is the cover of a building. Roof pronounced ruff roof as ruff is rare although i don t doubt that there are some who say it.

The michigan ites and some other us americans i know pronounce roof as ruff. 08 31 2020 at 09 02 pm. They re both completely acceptable to me. The really bizarre one and not limited to michigan is the pronunciation of wash or washington as warsh and warshington.

Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book. Pronunciation of roof with 3 audio pronunciations 25 synonyms 12 meanings 34 sentences and more for roof. When i was in grade school we had a teacher from chicago. I am from the south.

How to say roof. Last edited by saibot. Hey go up on the ruff what the fuck is a ruff you ignorant yankee. Northern us accents tend toward the long foodish one southern accents tend toward the bookish one.

Don t know about nook. The alternative pronunciation isn t ruff like a ruffle it has the same vowel as book or put. Roof that thing above your head as you sleep that protects you from the weather and flying monkeys.