Roof Pronunciation Map

The word roof is pronounced like ooze shoe or sue in 5 6 of the english speaking world.

Roof pronunciation map.

How to pronounce roof. When you have eliminated the javascript whatever remains must be an empty page. How to use roof in a sentence. Pronunciation of roof with 3 audio pronunciations 25 synonyms 12 meanings 34 sentences and more for roof.

The complete set of katz s maps updated with the results from over 350 000 new survey responses are compiled in the new book speaking american out october 25 from houghton mifflin harcourt. How would you even begin to pronounce mary merrily married. All maps by joshua katz based on a survey by bert vaux. I say root as if it rhymed with foot and pronounce the vowels in roof the same way.

Roof definition is the cover of a building. Mostly the distinction is between the two different double o pronunciations the long oo in food or the short oo in book. Western pronunciation of root and roof. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the cambridge english dictionary.

Roof as ruff is rare although i don t doubt that there are some who say it. Northern us accents tend toward the. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. The americans for some strange reason made it sound like book look i think pronouncing roof like book makes you sound like a guf.

Enable javascript to see google maps. By business insider sunday 9 jun 2013 5 00 pm. 22 maps showing how different americans pronounce different words hey y all do you want some slaw. So are you saying that right or wrong.

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