...under the weight of heavy snow and ice, then I want my "rooves" back!
"Roofs" just doesn't do it for me, and I have no interest in moving to New Zealand or Australia, where I have read they still use "the older form of the word."
(Even the bloody blogspot.com spellcheck doesn't recognize "rooves." But then again, it doesn't recognize "blogspot" either, so perhaps that's not the best bellwether ever.)
03 February 2011
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Apparently this has been a matter of taste since for a long time with both forms in usage since the 1200's. OED DRAFT REVISION Sept. 2010
ReplyDeleteI want to know why the h in hrof went away when other silent h's were retained.
Good thing it isn't roofies eh? (Flunitrazepam)
ReplyDelete"rhoofies"!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering why that rule didn't apply to everything...try calling Webster Dictionary and protest!!!! ;)
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