Re: Not phonetic but ___???

--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 11:45:04AM -0400,
> jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM
> wrote:
> > I myself said [r\uf] instead of the local form
> [r\Uf] when growing up,
> > and was teased for it, but certainly not
> misunderstood.  (My wife,
> > zealous for my defense even post facto, says that
> [r\Uf] is what a dog
> > says!)
>
> I agree with your wife and younger self.  The word
> "roof" does not rhyme
> with "hoof" and "woof", but rather with "aloof",
> "goof", "proof", and
> "spoof". :)
>
> -Mark
Hmmm.  To my ears every one of those words rhyme.

"roof" = "hoof" = "woof" = "aloof" = "goof"
= "proof" = "spoof", although I do hear a
few people around here make "roof" = "hook/book/took",

which just sounds odd to me.

--gary