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LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 09:49 AM Mar 2020

People are so goddamn stupid.

I'm trying to tell this guy that the word "behoove" is pronounced like "behoof".

He insists that it is pronounced "behooVe" (emphasis on the letter V instead of the letter F).

It's BEHOOF you freakin' idiot.

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People are so goddamn stupid. (Original Post) LuckyCharms Mar 2020 OP
clearly it's a question of singular vs. plural... unblock Mar 2020 #1
... handmade34 Mar 2020 #2
Ya just can't learn some people. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #8
Isn't the "V" silent? (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2020 #3
Sometimes, depends on the regional dialect... LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #5
Here the plural is behooves, v pronounced apcalc Mar 2020 #12
It's not "Be best." It's "BEHOOF!" Next First Lady campaign. Beakybird Mar 2020 #4
One behoof. Two or more behooves. Harker Mar 2020 #6
"I'm looking for the man who shot my paw" LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #7
One paw, two or more pause. Harker Mar 2020 #14
It saddens me to point out that wars have begun over statements with less vitriol... abqtommy Mar 2020 #9
Behoofmato, Behoovemato... JDC Mar 2020 #10
Beefaroni! LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #11
Beevaroni! JDC Mar 2020 #16
"Is our children learning"? gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #13
The plural is behoofs as in "There behoofs on that there horse." hedda_foil Mar 2020 #15
Here... Duppers Mar 2020 #17

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
5. Sometimes, depends on the regional dialect...
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 09:58 AM
Mar 2020

But you are correct, in some locales, they pronounce it "Behoo".

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