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Aday Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Oww

How do to respond in English when something unexpected happens and I want respond to that with a sound . I'm not talking about sentence, I'm talking about the sound you make in surprise or unexpected situation. For example, if I'm in my friends car, he is driving the car in the road and suddenly he drives off the road without telling me. Now I wonder what he is doing. Can I respond to that with sound 'Oww' and following by a question like below?

Oww... what are you doing?
  

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"oww" is usually a response to something slightly painful. "Oww! " (pronounced like "woe") before asking him what he's doing.

— Anonymous

  • "oww" is usually a response to something slightly painful.
  • "Oww!
  • " (pronounced like "woe") before asking him what he's doing.
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"oww" is usually a response to something slightly painful. "Oww! (or Ouch!) Watch where you put your claws, you stupid cat!"
If your friend drives off the road you might say "Hey!" or "Woah!" (pronounced like "woe") before asking him what he's doing.
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Anyone knows any reference to all or most commonly used sounds like 'Oww', Oh, etc, with their meaning and purpose. I googled it, I couldn't find anything.
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The spelling recognized by dictionaries is ow.

Here is a list of interjections.

http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/interjections/
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Oh! these are called interjections? Got it. I didn't know that before. That's why my search in google didn't get correct result. Thanks a lot.
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Sorry, one more related question. I don't find it in the list. What sound do you make when you are scared or when you get sudden extreme fear? So far I thought whoaaa but the list you gave tells different meaning and purpose for it.
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There doesn’t seem to be any universal interjection for sudden fear, but Ah! and Whoa! are possible.
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