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This is a bit of a conundrum
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maggiewinchester | Report | 21 Sep 2019 22:36 |
Well, as I said, my sister is older than me - and she spells it 'roofs'! |
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Dermot | Report | 22 Sep 2019 06:53 |
Sir John Cheke (16 June 1514 – 13 September 1557) was an English classical scholar who wrote: |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Sep 2019 08:00 |
Just as well the old Drifters song was not plural ... or it may never have been recorded! |
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Magpye | Report | 22 Sep 2019 11:31 |
'Roofs is the plural of Roof in all varieties of English. Rooves is an old secondary form, and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves, but is not common enough to be considered standard'. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Sep 2019 11:41 |
:-D :-D :-D |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Sep 2019 12:23 |
Just as well then ... as two or more girls with my real name in certain parts of England especially would be ROOVES ;-) |
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Magpye | Report | 22 Sep 2019 12:28 |
Real name?! Well there's a question!! :-S |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Sep 2019 12:33 |
My friends will know Jemima :-D |
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Magpye | Report | 22 Sep 2019 12:48 |
That's how it should be, with the emphasis on 'friend's :-D??!! |
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**Ann** | Report | 22 Sep 2019 14:03 |
Well blow me down JemimaFawr, after all these years your telling us that ain’t your real name :-D :-D :-D |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Sep 2019 14:06 |
:-D :-D :-D @ one of my very good friends .. Ann ;-) :-D :-D :-D |
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PatinCyprus | Report | 22 Sep 2019 14:24 |
You mean it's not really Radio Jem ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 22 Sep 2019 14:30 |
:-D :-D :-D :-D |
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Denburybob | Report | 22 Sep 2019 19:07 |
Surely the plural of house is "hice" |
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Mersey | Report | 22 Sep 2019 19:10 |
Jemikins mwahhh :-D <3 <3 as in JemimaFawr :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Sep 2019 19:49 |
That's how the queen says it, Bob :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 22 Sep 2019 23:25 |
I phoned a friend this evening - they spell it 'rooves' too! :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 23 Sep 2019 01:39 |
I wonder if anybody has ever been gruntled. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 23 Sep 2019 07:03 |
I have, occasionally :-D :-D :-D |
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JemimaFawr | Report | 23 Sep 2019 13:19 |
So..... |