And other threads
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
No!!
― “Big” Don Abernathy, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 06:03 (three years ago) link
you're new here? feels like you've been around a long time. like an old friend, or a favorite pair of socks.
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 12:54 (three years ago) link
I've never said either out loud tbh, but "Woah!" in the company of human beings seems appropriate, but I think you would say "Whoa!" to a horse, the -hw sounds seems to make more sense in the latter case. I would probably write "Woah!" because "Whoa!" looks a bit odd.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 13:07 (three years ago) link
Hwoa, surely?
― Wet Pretzels and Other Soggy Snacks (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
Wo - it's one syllable, two less letters. save us all time plz this planet hasn't got long
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
Hwoa only if you are about to tell us about the spear-Danes
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 13:54 (three years ago) link
I come from a place where /hw/ hasn't completely died out.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
Everyone is probably too busy to do it but I get a sense from the recent posts that if this poll were run and voted on again that “woah!” would run away with it.
― “Big” Don Abernathy, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
"whoa", and the back-up when it needs to use the restroom is "wo"
"woah" is back in toledo washing dishes
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
but yes, i am way too busy to use ilx right now lol
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
I maintain, as upthread, that 'woah' =
https://j.gifs.com/m26OYx.gif
― Wet Pretzels and Other Soggy Snacks (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
i just want to add that i am definitely NOT too busy to use ilx right now, i was just being sarcastic. these are the issues that matter
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ykXXqFu.png
case closed
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
I think you would say "Whoa!" to a horse
When spoken in human company, "whoa" (as I've heard it used) expresses surprise, but it also carries with it the implication of "slow down and give me a moment to absorb that".
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
it also carries with it the implication of "slow down and give me a moment to absorb that".
sometimes it does. but it can also mean "no no, stop that!", whether to a horse or to another person. i'm thinking back to various times in my life when i have witnessed something horrible that should immediately stop. it's tough to recall particulars, but i remember shouting variants of "whoa whoa whoa no! no!"
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
Big Don Afterthought going full Sidney Powell
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
"whoa" may be a more generalized word for me, though - almost more like a sound or a feeling, sometimes. whoa flies out of my mouth left and right, in many contexts
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link