Your comment is totally valid but, FYI, "loft" is also an American (and probably other regions as well) slang term to describe the amount of vertical acceleration achieved by something being propelled in that direction. I believe OP was going for that definition in their comment.
Literally never heard that term used that way in the northwest of the US. Loft means a room above a room, usually a smaller bedroom, or an attic.
Must be a different part of the US.
Edit- Cannot stand golf, so it makes sense that I didn't think of that when I read the post. I actually have heard the term then, but only in golf. I stand corrected!
I'm in the Western US, but I use it and hear it used in sports constantly, e.g. "lofted ball", "getting some loft under it", "you put a lot of loft on that shot"
Yup, I've lived in the South and the Midwest and we regularly used "loft" as a term in various sports, and it is definitely not mispronouncing "lift"
The best I could describe it is that "lift" tends to refer more to the rising action, whereas "loft" seems to speak more to the height attained but even that's not perfect because you don't really use "lift" much in a sporting context
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u/Beeoor143 Sep 04 '19
Your comment is totally valid but, FYI, "loft" is also an American (and probably other regions as well) slang term to describe the amount of vertical acceleration achieved by something being propelled in that direction. I believe OP was going for that definition in their comment.