2 random inquiries

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 10:18 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, 10:21 AM

r-ewwwww-f
and no line

GunMaster357 · 05-28-2010, 10:24 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, 10:24 AM

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

lookout123 · 05-28-2010, 10:25 AM

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

Undertoad · 05-28-2010, 10:26 AM

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

Pie · 05-28-2010, 10:42 AM

r-ew-f
With a line.

Spexxvet · 05-28-2010, 10:46 AM

rewf
no line

lumberjim · 05-28-2010, 10:53 AM

REWF, LINE

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 11:03 AM

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.

glatt · 05-28-2010, 11:04 AM

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, 11:27 AM

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

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

Cloud · 05-28-2010, 11:56 AM

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

Undertoad · 05-28-2010, 12:06 PM

Rhymes with doof

toranokaze · 05-28-2010, 12:33 PM

Hard r long o hard f

No lines I almost don't cross my t.

05-28-2010, 10:18 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, 10:21 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, 10:24 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, 10:24 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, 10:25 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, 10:26 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, 10:42 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, 10:46 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, 10:53 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, 11:03 AM	#10
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, 11:04 AM	#11
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, 11:27 AM	#12
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, 11:56 AM	#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, 12:06 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Rhymes with doof

05-28-2010, 12:33 PM	#15
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Hard r long o hard f No lines I almost don't cross my t. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

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