Would most native speakers actually pronounce “rooves” differently from “roofs”? Is “grooves” already pronounced differently from a hypothetical “groofs”?
I know the difference between f and v, the question is whether it makes a difference in this specific case and if yes, whether most native English speakers actually know that. I’m not a native English speaker and words that end in -ooves aren’t that common (when is the last time you said “grooves” or “hooves”?).
English is famously inconsistent about how written letters are pronounced, and there are a lot of accents.
Would most native speakers actually pronounce “rooves” differently from “roofs”? Is “grooves” already pronounced differently from a hypothetical “groofs”?
I think there is a slight difference. Ooves is slightly longer and softer sounding than oofs.
There is a difference, but it depends on accent. I don’t think anyone would notice in speech if you switched though
I think so, but might depend on thier accent or dialect .
Thats a joke, groofs isn’t actually a word(yet 😅), the singular of grooves is groove.
What exactly do you think “hypothetical” means?
f is the voiceless labiodental fricative and v is the voiced labiodental fricative.
Basically for roofs your vocal cords don’t vibrate on the final f sound. For rooves your vocal cords vibrate on the final v sound.
I know the difference between f and v, the question is whether it makes a difference in this specific case and if yes, whether most native English speakers actually know that. I’m not a native English speaker and words that end in -ooves aren’t that common (when is the last time you said “grooves” or “hooves”?).
English is famously inconsistent about how written letters are pronounced, and there are a lot of accents.