We done this one before? Woah and/or Whoa

[geronimo_appleby]

I use woah. didn't realise there was a variation to it.

then i did notice.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-were-watching-woah-whoa-slang-definition

 

[PennameWombat]

I use woah. didn't realise there was a variation to it.

then i did notice.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-were-watching-woah-whoa-slang-definition

I’ve only ever used ‘whoa’. I’ve seen ‘woah’ on occasion but I’m set in my old ways.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

I’ve only ever used ‘whoa’. I’ve seen ‘woah’ on occasion but I’m set in my old ways.

i don't know where i picked up the woah version from. musta read it somewhere...

 

[SamScribble]

i don't know where i picked up the woah version from. musta read it somewhere...

Whoa is the only spelling I have ever seen - and the only spelling cited in the various Oxford refs. Perhaps you saw a typo somewhere.

 

[AlinaX]

I've certainly seen woah before. Don't know if I've used either.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Whoa is the only spelling I have ever seen - and the only spelling cited in the various Oxford refs. Perhaps you saw a typo somewhere.

wasn't sure if it's the brit spelling i'm using. colour and color, realise and realize kinda thing.

 

[SimonDoom]

"Whoa" appears to be correct.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoa

Further discussion on whoa v. woah:

https://writingexplained.org/whoa-or-woah-difference

 

[Rustyoznail]

“Woah” is Ted Logan’s version.

 

[TadOverdon]

Whoa...

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Whoa for horses and meaning 'hold on a minute, slow down'.

Woah for a laddish interjection that means anything from 'wow!' to 'phwoar!' British English, unlikely to be used by anyone over 50.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

There was one thing that the Webster article was wrong about... Ho has made a come back.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

There was one thing that the Webster article was wrong about... Ho has made a come back.

well, it's christmas next month.

ho-ho-ho.

 

[KeithD]

Whoa is the only spelling I have ever seen - and the only spelling cited in the various Oxford refs. Perhaps you saw a typo somewhere.

"Whoa" is the only spelling I remember seeing.

 

[BiscuitHammer]

Whoah...

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