Pronounce Roof As Ruff

In fact many people do so roof is pronounced ruff in some areas.

Pronounce roof as ruff.

When i was in grade school we had a teacher from chicago. People who pronounce the wood roof as ruff are a danger to our society. They re both completely acceptable to me. How to pronounce roof.

Canadians sometimes say that a difference between canadian english and american english is that canadians pronounce roof as ru f and americans say ruf. How to say roof. Roof was one of our spelling words. Northern us accents tend toward the long foodish one southern accents tend toward the bookish one.

Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book. Those canadians are just wrong. Roof pronounced ruff roof as ruff is rare although i don t doubt that there are some who say it. The alternative pronunciation isn t ruff like a ruffle it has the same vowel as book or put.

I m an american and i say ru f and i think that pronunciation actually more common in america than ruf. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the cambridge english dictionary. I am from the south. Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book.

Northern us accents tend toward the long foodish one southern accents tend toward the bookish one. Roof as ruff is rare although i don t doubt that there are some who say it. Pronunciation of roof with 3 audio pronunciations 25 synonyms 12 meanings 34 sentences and more for roof.