• BearArms@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Knives, lives and wives too, but why not roofs and chiefs? Is it hoofs or hooves?

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      1 year ago

      I actually want to say it started as rooves and roofs is the modernly accepted bastardization. Take that with a grain of salt as this is not my field and google was unhelpful.