General Chat

I sometimes say 'outwith' for outside :-(

I say rooves but I am a swede basher and I say somewhen as well.

It's loaves, and hoof is hooves.
I think I spell 'rooves' the logical way.

As for 'used', when I say it 'It is well used', 'used is more like uzed.
when I say 'I used to be young', the 'used' is 'Youst'.

Loaf. Is it loafs or loaves?

I spell it Roofs, but I say it rooves :-)

I noticed the presenter on Homes under the hammer, say 'houses' with a definite pronunciation of the S as it is written, whereas mine is more houzes ,

I have noticed a number of people from different parts of the country spell 'used' as in 'I used to be young' as youst.

I have always said rooves. (My spellcheck just told me that was wrong)
What about hoof and hooves? (Spellcheck says that's OK)

Somehow, I've discovered I spell the plural of 'roof' differently to others.
Last night, in a phone call to my sister, I discovered she spells it differently to me!
I spell it 'rooves' - she spells it 'roofs'.
We both looked online to see what the internet said.

Apparently, my spelling isn't 'wrong' but is: "an old secondary form, and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves, but it is not common enough to be considered standard."

I did point out that, a least I wasn't using a medieval spelling - then we found this:
"Roofs has been the standard form since at least the 18th century."
..so not quite Medieval then.....

I can't fathom this out, except, perhaps a school I attended taught us 'rooves'! :-S

How do you spell it?