If a character yelps in pain, and I don't want him to say the full "ouch," can I use "ow" to get the sound of those first two letters, instead of "ou," which doesn't look right to me? For example:
"Ow, that hurts!"
Top answer
' is just fine.
— Rover_KE
' is just fine.
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