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Snarf Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

A Variant of "Whoa" Perhaps

Is it okay to spell the slang interjection "whoa," woh? For example:

"Woh! Woh! Woh! You've got it all wrong!"

Thanks.
  

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That sounds very odd—it sounds like a moan of pain or a werewolf. Although there are no absolute spelling rules for many interjections, it is wise to follow tradition.

— Mister Micawber

  • That sounds very odd—it sounds like a moan of pain or a werewolf.
  • Although there are no absolute spelling rules for many interjections, it is wise to follow tradition.
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That sounds very odd—it sounds like a moan of pain or a werewolf. Although there are no absolute spelling rules for many interjections, it is wise to follow tradition.
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Not if you want people to grasp your meaning quickly, and not if you want people to think you have a reasonable amount of education.
If you don't care about such things, you can spell any word any way you want to.

Clive
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The sound I'm going for is adding a "W" to "oh," which is the exact sound that "whoa" supposedly makes (rhyming with row); I never understood that spelling, though—something ending in "oa" like that, without there being an "ah" sound at the end. And a werewolf would be: "A-wooooooooooooooooooooo..."
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SnarfAnd a werewolf would be: "A-wooooooooooooooooooooo..."
No, he would be: "Woh-woh-woh-a-wooooooooooooooooooooo..."
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