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Old 07-02-2008, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Mott Haven
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Please let's remember it is ROOVES not ROOFS! Sorry...I am seeing too many roofs here and it irks me.
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Bedford Park, Bronx
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I'm pretty sure it's roofs. I was going to correct you since your use of rooves was getting on my nerves too!
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:54 PM
 
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I'm pretty sure it's roofs. I was going to correct you since your use of rooves was getting on my nerves too!

lol.. I think it is roofs too; Rooves doesnt look right at all.
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Old 07-02-2008, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Mott Haven
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you are kidding right? Roofs? Come on now Pete! It is rooves, however because of lazy language jumbling, it is common to say roofs. But it is rooves!
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:02 PM
 
Location: manhattan
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It's really great to see all the progress that has been made with green roofs. I think they really make a difference.

And it is definitely roofs.
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:04 PM
 
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you are kidding right? Roofs? Come on now Pete! It is rooves, however because of lazy language jumbling, it is common to say roofs. But it is rooves!

Guy: I have four books sitting on my shelf all on green roofs and terraces, all spelled ROOFS

Rooves is not a word I dont think
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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It's roofs
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Mott Haven
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Lol...I don't doubt there are 1,000 books with roofs, as the Wall street journal says indexes when the correct word is indices (yet another language victim). Rooves is the correct word, but it is dying a quick death! Soon we will be saying octupuses instead of Octopi, Shrimps instead of just Shrimp (singular and plural), and thiefs instead of thieves (like roofs instead of rooves!)
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:15 PM
 
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Rooves is not in the dictionary I have, and I really dont think its a word.
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Old 07-02-2008, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Mott Haven
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Well if Supermario thinks it is roofs then it must be rooves!!! lol....it's rooves I swear! They are trying to erase the word...like they have for so many others. Such a shame..the continuing dumbing down of our society...is it so hard to say indices instead of indexes? Are we that lazy/dumb? Such a shame.
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