Whelp, as in- whelp here I go

[nq:1]Several of my family members use whelp. Where does this word come from. ex. Whelp it is time to go home. Thanks Dale[/nq]
Most often I hear it as "Welp", just a folksy version of "Well", or "Well, now".
It may pick up the "Whelp" (aspiration) as part of the nature of the expression, indicating a completion, an ending. Actually, the aspiration can come at the beginning and the end (th

[nq:2]Several of my family members use whelp. Where does this word come from. ex. Whelp it is time to go home. Thanks Dale[/nq]
[nq:1]Most often I hear it as "Welp", just a folksy version of "Well", or "Well, now".[/nq]
I say it. I used to say it more. I agree with you. I have no sources, no almighty sources, but it might be a combination of well and woops.
[nq:1]It may pick up the "Wh

[nq:1]Several of my family members use whelp. Where does this word come from. ex. Whelp it is time to go home.[/nq]
This usage is peculiar to your family.
Standard English uses Whelp only
in connection with dogs.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

[nq:2]Most often I hear it as "Welp", just a folksy version of "Well", or "Well, now".[/nq]
[nq:1]I say it. I used to say it more. I agree with you. I have no sources, no almighty sources, but it might be a combination of well and woops.[/nq]
Or it might be well and welp pronounced in imitation of no and nope.
[nq:2]It may pick up the "Whelp" (aspiration) as part of ... ever hear that

[nq:2]Several of my family members use whelp. Where does this word come from. ex. Whelp it is time to go home. Thanks Dale[/nq]
[nq:1]Most often I hear it as "Welp", just a folksy version of "Well", or "Well, now". It may pick up ... to say that "whelp", the noun, doesn't exist. My mom called us all"you young whelp(s)" at one time or another.[/nq]
Dad used to liken me to "a whisket of whel

What does the noun 'whelps', which everyone knows, have to do with the, I don't know what it is, injunction or whatever that people use, 'whelp', to start a sentence?

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[nq:1]What does the noun 'whelps', which everyone knows, have to do with the, I don't know what it is, injunction or whatever that people use, 'whelp', to start a sentence?[/nq]
Nothing. It is an interjection, with a variant pronunciation of "Well", as I believe the OP intended, (from M-W online)
Main Entry: 4well
Function: interjection

1 used to indicate r

[nq:1]"Bill Bonde ( Straight invective is not satire; satire must deliberately[/nq]
[nq:2]What does the noun 'whelps', which everyone knows, have to ... or whatever that people use, 'whelp', to start a sentence?[/nq]
[nq:1]Nothing. It is an interjection, with a variant pronunciation of "Well", as I believe the OP intended, (from M-W online) ... guess it's time to go. Whelp, pick up your th

[nq:2]"Bill Bonde ( Straight invective is not satire; satire must ... and we'll have lunch. He talked whelp he talked funny.[/nq]
[nq:1]Never heard it in the middle of a sentence.[/nq]
Well, I agree with you that it doesn't occur in the middle of a sentence, in the normal understanding. (As I mentioned in my original reply to rdp. )

Thinking of the root meaning of "interjection",

[nq:1]Thinking of the root meaning of "interjection", however, I forced a situation in which one might actually use either "well" ... trying to express a politically incorrect sentiment and failing completely? ;-) "He talked **** it! he talked funny.[/nq]
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