pooves off rooves

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:38, 1 reply, 10 years ago)

if you spell it "roofs", it might read better...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:39, Reply)

I'll do it correctly is how I'll do it.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:39, Reply)

so, "roofs", then...
Roofs

Roofs is the most widely accepted plural of Roof both spoken and spelt, it is often pronounced as "Rooves" which has lead to all this confusion!

Rooves

The word Rooves is not considered correct as a plural of Roof and would be difficult to find in the dictionary. There has been notable errors in some dictionaries opting for the word Rooves as the plural for Roof but this has been a mistake on their behalf
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:43, Reply)

bollocks. the plural of roof is rooves.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:49, Reply)

YEAH! Is the plural of Hoof Hoofs or Hooves!
So roof must be Rooves and the English language is perfect with literally no contradictions
( Peej, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:50, Reply)

WRONG FUCKO

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:51, Reply)

Which fucko were you looking for?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:53, Reply)

YEAH!!!

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:53, Reply)

Apology accepted.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:54, Reply)

here
imma go with the oxford dictionary over the lewisham dictionary!

www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/roof

i enjoyed this bit: Words that rhyme with roof
aloof, behoof, goof, hoof, pouffe, proof, shadoof, spoof, Tartuffe, underproof, woof
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:53, Reply)

since when did woof rhyme with roof?
what kind of dumbass dog has the author got?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:55, Reply)

Woofter, as in a gay person?

( Muns, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:56, Reply)

still pronounced wuffter though innit

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 16:00, Reply)

I find it's one of those words that varies place to place.
Lahndaners definitely say woofter.
( Muns, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 16:11, Reply)

Locals like to call it 'The Dictionary'
but it's really just a piss-soaked yellow pages in a vandalised phone box.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:55, Reply)

wooooof?

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:55, Reply)

modern usage innit.
when I was a lad it was rooves.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:56, Reply)

rooves all fields
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 15:59, Reply)

lol

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 16:00, Reply)

all fields a slowly condensing cloud of interstellar gas
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 16:01, Reply)

hahahaha

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 5 Mar 2015, 16:01, Reply)