--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ashelkent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a difinitive opinion about how to spell roo, as TM
people in Fairfield are
> often refered to. It seems like the correct way would be 'ru since it
is a contraction for
> guru. But on the few occassions I have seen it in print I think it
has been spelled roo. I
> need to know for my book which will be coming out in a week or two.
>

FWIW, 'oo' in 'roo' is IMO qualitatively closer to the u's in
'guru'. I guess the spelling 'ru' results to a slightly
"flawed" pronunciation of Sanskrit 'u' an 'uu' in the case of
most native speakers of English.






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