'Whoa' or 'Woah'?

[mistersensation]

Weekend ERA, the world is a mess, and I need the kind of distraction that only debating something completely trivial can provide. That said...

I don't know where you 'woah' people get off, perverting a perfectly good word just because you don't like where the h is. I know I know, language evolves over time and all that, but dammit this is my line in the sand. At least I can hold my head up high knowing I have the dictionary on my side

 

[thecowboypoet]

Where's "wow"??

 

[mistersensation]

Where's "wow"??

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Here you go

 

[weemadarthur]

He's been saying "woe" and we all misunderstood...

 

[Pyccko]

whoa, but I'm not gonna get a bee in my bonnet about people spelling it the other way

 

[Admiral Woofington]

we must ask the expert.

 

[mistersensation]

whoa, but I'm not gonna get a bee in my bonnet about people spelling it the other way

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My bonnet is full of bees about this

 

[Mortemis]

Whoa woah whoah wait a minute. Never thought about the right way to spell it. I've always seen both and never bothered to think which way is right.

 

[BassForever]

I've always thought of Whoa as when you're loud/excited and Woah as when your quiet/mind blown

 

[Ravelle]

I prefer Holy Cow over the both of them.

 

[red731]

Whoa, people say woah?

 

[fontguy]

Hwoa

 

[taahahmed]

Whoa, people say woah?

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I do lol.

 

[TheGummyBear]

 

[mistersensation]

Hwoa

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Hank Hill?

 

[DrForester]

Whoa - what Ted says.
Woah! - What Wayne and Garth scream

 

[cameron]

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[Pyccko]

My bonnet is full of bees about this

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it's positively abuzz

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

It's:

 

[fontguy]

Hank Hill?

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Bobbeh

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

My bonnet is full of bees about this

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Same. It's spelled wrong in tons of comic books, too. Like Image and DC have actual editors for this sorta thing!

 

[julia crawford]

I don't usually use these words. But when i do i try to be absolutely certain that they're written incorrectly.

 

[Rendering...]

Woah, who knew a poll could be so wrong?

 

[Hecht]

"Woah" is for people that can't spell

 

[Jedi2016]

Whoah

 

[Lotto]

both

 

[pikablu]

I'ma go with how black Rob and bad boy records spell it.

Black Rob - Like Whoa

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[Handicapped Duck]

Whoa.

 

[Pickman]

As an interruption, whoa. As a sound of awe, woah.

 

[retroman]

The stale Thor option would've been slightly less stupid if it had been Thor 2: The Dark Whoa.

 

[Rellodex]

 

[BLEEN]

Whoa sounds like who-ah.

It's woah.

 

[gblues]

They're both correct because they're two different words.

"whoa" is a command to stop.
"woah" is an expression of awe

 

[Deimos]

Wawawiwa

 

[grand]

It's whoa but the internet has been making woah a thing. And I can't blame them. Whoa invokes the sound of "who" whereas woah does not. I imagine woah will completely displace whoa one day

 

[Darkgable]

Although I do prefer Knxwledge's remix.

 

[mistersensation]

They're both correct because they're two different words.

"whoa" is a command to stop.
"woah" is an expression of awe

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Many others seem to agree, I will have to take this theory under consideration

The stale Thor option would've been slightly less stupid if it had been Thor 2: The Dark Whoa.

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[Spring-Loaded]

 

[Deleted member 17990]

Woah to the people choosing Whoa. YOU ARE WRONG.

 

[retroman]

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I'm not tiny! >:(

Anyway, I chose Whoa, but Woah seems to be on the rise:

 

[Deleted member 46958]

"h" for the breathy pronunciation, "a" only for less breathy pronunciation.

 

[Mr. Keith]

Whoa comes from your brain, Woah comes from the heart.

 

[OneThirtyEight]

This time i did not vote for Thor 2

 

[Doc Laserstein]

weaux

 

[Solid SOAP]

"Woah."

"Whoa" implies there's any /h/ sound blended after the 'w', which there is not.

Insanity!

 

[Mivey]

I can never decide, so I compromise and just spell it "Woha".

This time i did not vote for Thor 2

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Woha! mad respect.

 

[Deleted member 79451]

To a horse: "Whoa now!"
Keanu: "Woah"

 

[Combichristoffersen]

No.

 

[Bee.Cups]

I use Whoa, woah, and woa in different ways. Whoa is for legitimately surprising information or events. woah is like "hey hold on." and woa is a jokey version of whoa for exaggeration or sarcasm.

Hooray english.

 

[AWizardDidIt]

It's Whoah, obviously