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rooves and roofs are both accepted as correct though? Roofs being the standard is a pretty new thing, and not the more common one everywhere
Mouse -> Mice
Louse -> Lice
House -> Hice
Moose -> Moose
Cher -> Cher
ox - oxen
box - boxen
equinox - equinoxen
xerox - xeroxen
Die - Dice
Pie - Pice
Tie - Tice
Lie - Lice
All these lice and misinformation....smh
Language is descriptive, so there’s nothing stopping you from using “rooves”, other than what typically results from using words others may not understand. Get enough people over long enough a timeline, and “rooves” becomes the norm, and “roofs” becomes archaic. Just gotta put in the effort.
Linguistics is a descriptive science.
Language though is not science, it's a cultural practice. Adhering to a specific set of rules to signal belonging to a specific cultural subgroup is perfectly normal; and deviation from those rules is not a socially neutral act. When and how you deviate signals a lot of things about you and what you're saying.
That's why slang is fascinating. It always tells a story. Whether it's English Prep School jargon that breached containment, whitewashed AAVL, group in-jokes, unconventional emojis, etc., a slang word says a lot about the person who uses it.
That is to say, if you unironically start saying "rooves", I can't say whether you'll start a trend that will ultimately change English forever (weirder things have happened). But I can assure you that the immediate effect will be that people will label you "tumblr weirdo". Which would be a correct assessment, so that's effective subtextual communication. Yay linguistics!
I can groof to that!
Ew! Perv.
Not really, unless they're booving that groofy moof. Then, they're lost to us, in the land of boxen and meeses.
That sounds exactly like the kind of thing a dirty groofer would say!
MODS BAN THIS ONE RIGHT NOW WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Dialectic morphology is a mofo.
eg. "w00t" is a word. 🤮
Literally
Okay, but think about this: Groofy.
As soon as I typed that, I changed my mind. No longer defending groof.
Check out this sweet moof!
I checked out your ma's sweet moof last night 👉😏👉
I'll accept groof if it means we get moof and rooves.
the plural of roof should be roof. fite me
This dude thinks that the singular of hooves is "hoove"
groaf, grouves
Would most native speakers actually pronounce "rooves" differently from "roofs"? Is "grooves" already pronounced differently from a hypothetical "groofs"?
Would most native speakers actually pronounce "rooves" differently from "roofs"?
I think so, but might depend on thier accent or dialect .
Is "grooves" already pronounced differently from a hypothetical "groofs"?
Thats a joke, groofs isn't actually a word(yet 😅), the singular of grooves is groove.
There is a difference, but it depends on accent. I don't think anyone would notice in speech if you switched though
Right now? Any if this vocalized in public puts you at some risk of deportation, NGL.
I think there is a slight difference. Ooves is slightly longer and softer sounding than oofs.
Having Regular English would be nice given some of the silly stuff English has.
Like, really, what's the root of "worse, worst" and "better, best"? "Wo" and "Be"????