I'm watching Home Improvement, and Tim keeps calling roofs "ruffs." Is this an Americanism?
america is always right
>>214137306Tim’s covering his boiner
>>214137306It's like how bongs call sixth "sickth" or say "er" for any word ending in the letter "a".
ruff is the thing a dog says (rough)i have lived in America my whole life and NEVER heard anyone call the thing on top of a house their ruff
>>214137784it's a midwestern (northside) thing they say rum instead room as well tbf it's way less offensive than where I grew up, the boomers there said warsh instead of wash
>>214137784You haven't heard much then. t. more complete American than you
ah, times when a tv show would hire a female cast member to just be there and look pretty.
>>214137784https://vocaroo.com/1d22HFom6opFGOOD MORNING SAARI GIVE ENGLISH LESSON FOR YOU
>>214137789I don't think so, Tim.
>>214137306I live in the western US and some faggots up here call a "creek" a "crick". It annoys me to no end.
>I’ll tell you Wilson. My kids are driving me nuts. >Ya know Tim, this reminds me of a story my father once told me. >Hurgh. >Deep in the Vietnam jungle, my father once held a local village girl captive while he was stationed there. >Urgh?>Yes, her pussy was quite tight. He told me he once stuck a bamboo shoot down her throat and forced her to hum the national anthem. >AUGH???!!>So what I’m trying to tell you Tim is that you’ve got to have some patience.
>>214138225ok that's totally different. I've heard Americans say rūf and, like you say in the vocaroo, rʊfThe word ruff is neither of those sounds. The word ruff sounds like rough, rʌf. I have never heard any American in my whole life say the thing on top of your house is pronounced ruff/rʌf
