Is it similar to wow except for the last w? Often, wow is positive and whoa is negative Wow is a reaction to a big surprise (i am impressed), and whoa means please stop (which maybe due to my surprise.) however, with irony, i can say wow, you made a big mistake, or you are going to wow them with your bright tie, but is that really the best choice for a job interview? Some dictionaries define whoa as stop While some define it as an expression of surprise/astonishment Is there such a word as whoa, where did it originate from and what is its actual meaning?
You'll need to complete a few actions and gain 15 reputation points before being able to upvote Upvoting indicates when questions and answers are useful What's reputation and how do i get it Instead, you can save this post to reference later. I'm having a bad day I have been followed by a velociraptor the entire day
For black cats, because it is a bit clumsy somehow to say 'did a black cat cross your path?' many brits might make a joke of it with 'how many black cats did you kick on your way. The oed lists woah as a variant of woa which is a variant of whoa.i don't remember ever seeing the woah spelling (i'd want to pronounce it as two syllables Searching just uk sites, one gets ~170,000 hits for woah and ~255,000 for whoa. For example, when someone dresses with colorful and flashy clothes and you say who are you, liberace? Or when someone says something smart and you say woah, hold it there, brainiac!. John's awesomesauce weekend in vegas ended prematurely
And he prayed with such authority that my prayers felt like weak sauce by comparison How did the words awesomesauce and weak sauce originat. One authority which usefully distinguishes between the virgule (also called a slash) and the solidus is robert bringhurst's the elements of typography He notes the higher verticality of the virgule, which he calls an alternative form of the comma (p.81) It's used as a general separatrix, in dates, and when naming alternatives (either/or) (though this last usage is frowned on by some) This article in slate states
However, another site (written by a specialist in siouan languages) asserts The word kemosabe is from an algonquian language similar to ojibwe (a complex of related dialects extending from the northern plains. After checking the dictionary, i noticed that the usage of "kindly" In request sentences often expresses a sence of ironic So i am afraid that my expression might lead to misunderstanding.
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