2 random inquiries

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 11:18 AM

1) how do you pronounce the word, "roof"?

I say both "rewf" and sometimes, "ruf"

(rhymes with hoof . . . no, wait, that word has the same problem. Uh . . . doesn't rhyme with "rough" . . . more of a schwa sound. doesn't rhyme with anything? kinda rhymes with French "oeuf")

2) how do you write your "7s"? With a line through or not?

I've written them with a line through ever since 6th grade when I had a teacher from New Zealand.

classicman · 05-28-2010, 11:21 AM

r-ewwwww-f
and no line

GunMaster357 · 05-28-2010, 11:24 AM

I would pronounce roof like hoof, poof, spook...

But as I'm French, I may mispronounce.

And I write the "7" digit with a bar in the middle.

jinx · 05-28-2010, 11:24 AM

Roof - like boot, not like pussy.
7 - no line

lookout123 · 05-28-2010, 11:25 AM

Geez, jinx. You have to relate everything to cats, don't you?

Undertoad · 05-28-2010, 11:26 AM

roof - rhymes with toof
no line in 7s, however! occasionally a diagonal slash in zeroes. (Comp sci major)

Pie · 05-28-2010, 11:42 AM

r-ew-f
With a line.

Spexxvet · 05-28-2010, 11:46 AM

rewf
no line

lumberjim · 05-28-2010, 11:53 AM

REWF, LINE

glatt · 05-28-2010, 12:04 PM

rewf

line at the top, who needs one in the middle? I'm not a German. they put the line in there to differentiate it from their 1s, which they write like a capital A without the cross slash in the middle.

dmg1969 · 05-28-2010, 12:27 PM

I pronounce it "rewf"...like aloof.

And I prefer my sevens without lines...much like my z's.

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 12:03 PM

not sure anyone pronounces "roof" like me--I think it's an inherited Southernism, like "crick" for creek. But I might just be making that up!

And the funny thing is, I use both. I'd say, My rewf is leaking so I sent somebody up to the ruf to fix it.

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 12:56 PM

rhymes with "toof" UT? nooooooo! rhymes with "woof"!

Undertoad · 05-28-2010, 01:06 PM

Rhymes with doof

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Rhymes with doof

lafs. I brought these items up with my cow orkers at lunch. They just shook their heads in bemusement and made half-admiring and half-disparaging remarks about my internal monologue.

05-28-2010, 11:18 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	2 random inquiries 1) how do you pronounce the word, "roof"? I say both "rewf" and sometimes, "ruf" (rhymes with hoof . . . no, wait, that word has the same problem. Uh . . . doesn't rhyme with "rough" . . . more of a schwa sound. doesn't rhyme with anything? kinda rhymes with French "oeuf") 2) how do you write your "7s"? With a line through or not? I've written them with a line through ever since 6th grade when I had a teacher from New Zealand. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-28-2010, 11:21 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	r-ewwwww-f and no line __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-28-2010, 11:24 AM	#3
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I would pronounce roof like hoof, poof, spook... But as I'm French, I may mispronounce. And I write the "7" digit with a bar in the middle. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

05-28-2010, 11:24 AM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Roof - like boot, not like pussy. 7 - no line __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-28-2010, 11:25 AM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Geez, jinx. You have to relate everything to cats, don't you? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-28-2010, 11:26 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	roof - rhymes with toof no line in 7s, however! occasionally a diagonal slash in zeroes. (Comp sci major)

05-28-2010, 11:42 AM	#7
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	r-ew-f With a line. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-28-2010, 11:46 AM	#8
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	rewf no line __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

05-28-2010, 11:53 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	REWF, LINE __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-28-2010, 12:04 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	rewf line at the top, who needs one in the middle? I'm not a German. they put the line in there to differentiate it from their 1s, which they write like a capital A without the cross slash in the middle.

05-28-2010, 12:27 PM	#11
dmg1969 I got nothing Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 486	I pronounce it "rewf"...like aloof. And I prefer my sevens without lines...much like my z's. __________________ Void where prohibited. Your results may vary. Not intended for resale. Do not remove tag. Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

05-28-2010, 12:03 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not sure anyone pronounces "roof" like me--I think it's an inherited Southernism, like "crick" for creek. But I might just be making that up! And the funny thing is, I use both. I'd say, My rewf is leaking so I sent somebody up to the ruf to fix it. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-28-2010, 12:56 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	rhymes with "toof" UT? nooooooo! rhymes with "woof"! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-28-2010, 01:06 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Rhymes with doof

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