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TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months ago

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  • Susaga@sh.itjust.works
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    Okay, but think about this: Groofy.

    As soon as I typed that, I changed my mind. No longer defending groof.

  • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works
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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

    • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one
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      I haven’t once seen ‘rooves’ used, let alone be considered as correct.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.world
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      Wiktionary says it changed in the 17th century, so depending on your definition of “new”, sure. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roofs

      It doesn’t sound weird to me personally, although it does look weird when written out.

      • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works
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        It is how I was taught in the 80s, and I went to school in Europe, and the US. So, pretty recently it was quite common.

  • skrrtly_ambrose@sh.itjust.works
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    the plural of roof should be roof. fite me

    • Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Reef

  • otacon239@lemmy.world
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    Check out this sweet moof!

    • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
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      I’ll accept groof if it means we get moof and rooves.

    • IndiBrony@lemmy.world
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      I checked out your ma’s sweet moof last night 👉😏👉

  • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip
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    I propose we use roofies! It sounds cute and probably isn’t taken already.

  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
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    Mouse -> Mice

    Louse -> Lice

    House -> Hice

    • teft@piefed.world
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      ox - oxen
      box - boxen
      equinox - equinoxen
      xerox - xeroxen

      • foofiepie@lemmy.world
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        Die - Dice
        Pie - Pice
        Tie - Tice
        Lie - Lice

        • teft@piefed.world
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          All these lice and misinformation…smh

        • Klear@lemmy.world
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          Lice <- Louse
          Tice <- Touse
          Pice <- Pouse
          Dice <- Douse

        • hobovision@mander.xyz
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          But also

          die - dies

          If we’re talking about tools.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Moose -> Moose

      Cher -> Cher

      • misty@lemmy.world
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        it’s moosi

        • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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          it’s moosen

          • optional@sh.itjust.works
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            It’s Mousse

            • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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              My sister was once bitten by a moose!

              • optional@sh.itjust.works
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                Are you sure it wasn’t the other way round and she has bitten into a mousse?

  • 5parky@lemmy.world
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    The trooves are out there.

  • don@lemmy.ca
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    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.

    • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works
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      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!

      • ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz
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        I think I’ve been saying rooves my whole life. I don’t think I’d generally write it that way, but it feels more natural to say.

        If I have, I’m not sure anyone’s noticed. My speech patterns are odd though, so it might not be terribly noticable. It’s also possible I’ve never had to say the word. It’s not common that you need to pluralize roof.

      • Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz
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        My personal one of these is just saying “I’ll” as a response to questions like “Will you …?” or “Who will …?”.

        If it’s a contraction of “I will”, it should work, but somehow it sounds weird, like it disrupts the expected pattern of emphasis.

      • HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Explain prescriptive linguistics

    • bran_buckler@lemmy.world
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      I can groof to that!

      • don@lemmy.ca
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        Ew! Perv.

        • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Not really, unless they’re booving that groofy moof. Then, they’re lost to us, in the land of boxen and meeses.

          • don@lemmy.ca
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            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!

    • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
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      Literally

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Dialectic morphology is a mofo.

      eg. “w00t” is a word. 🤮

      • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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        🤮

        is a word

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    Because the English language is known for its rigid consistency of pluralization.

    • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      https://youtube.com/shorts/jYrMq6RVKK0

  • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    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”???

    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works
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      Wyrs- and bat- making their way through PIE, Proto-Germanic, and sometimes Dutch.

      • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        B-but that’s even more irregular!

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    We are groof.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
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    Groofy.

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    They’re on the roof, they’ve found the groof

    Vulfmon - Disco Snails (YT)

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
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      You beat me to it. When I saw this post I wondered if this is where they got the word from lol

  • EffortlessEffluvium@lemmy.zip
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    I am Groof.

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    This dude thinks that the singular of hooves is “hoove”

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