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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 21 Sep 2019 22:36

Well, as I said, my sister is older than me - and she spells it 'roofs'!

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

Dermot

Dermot Report 22 Sep 2019 06:53

Sir John Cheke (16 June 1514 – 13 September 1557) was an English classical scholar who wrote:

‘I am of this opinion that our own tung should be written cleane and pure, unmixt and unmangeled with borowing of other tunges; wherein if we take not heed by tiim, ever borowing and never paying, she shall be fain to keep her house as bankrupt‘.

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 22 Sep 2019 08:00

Just as well the old Drifters song was not plural ... or it may never have been recorded!

lalala ... Up on the ROOVES / ROOFS :-S :-S :-D

Magpye

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'.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 22 Sep 2019 11:41

:-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

JemimaFawr

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 ;-)

Magpye

Magpye Report 22 Sep 2019 12:28

Real name?! Well there's a question!! :-S

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 22 Sep 2019 12:33

My friends will know Jemima :-D

Magpye

Magpye Report 22 Sep 2019 12:48

That's how it should be, with the emphasis on 'friend's :-D??!!

**Ann**

**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

I have been duped :-D :-D

From...Disgruntled in Suburbia :-D :-D

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 22 Sep 2019 14:06

:-D :-D :-D @ one of my very good friends .. Ann ;-) :-D :-D :-D

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 22 Sep 2019 14:24

You mean it's not really Radio Jem ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 22 Sep 2019 14:30

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Denburybob

Denburybob Report 22 Sep 2019 19:07

Surely the plural of house is "hice"

Mersey

Mersey Report 22 Sep 2019 19:10

Jemikins mwahhh :-D <3 <3 as in JemimaFawr :-D

Researching:
#Be Kind

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 22 Sep 2019 19:49

That's how the queen says it, Bob :-D

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 22 Sep 2019 23:25

I phoned a friend this evening - they spell it 'rooves' too! :-D

..and we didn't go to the same schools.

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

Sharron

Sharron Report 23 Sep 2019 01:39

I wonder if anybody has ever been gruntled.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 23 Sep 2019 07:03

I have, occasionally :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
Gg gran Amelia - Suffolk side

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 23 Sep 2019 13:19

So.....


SCARVES or SCARFS?

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