I think of "whoa" as a synonym for "stop," or at least, "not so fast." "Woah" is more "system overloaded; does not compute" -- as others have pointed out, what Keanu says.
Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!
Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Jan 12, 2015 11:53:49 am PST #14332 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 12, 2015 11:54:38 am PST #14333 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
This is going to sound crazy, but to me the oa in the middle of the Keanu one do what his face does, a sort of dropped jaw, open mouth thing. Where whoa! is more abrupt and stopped.
beekaytee - Jan 12, 2015 11:56:40 am PST #14334 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
After this hellish work deadline is done (supposed to be today, has been pushed to Thursday), I'm instituting a buzzword swear jar policy for the next release. Any time a PM sends me documentation info that contains marketing buzzwords OR "leverages", they owe me a dollar.
I like it!
Dana - Jan 12, 2015 11:59:46 am PST #14335 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Nero Wolfe despises the use of "contact" as a verb.
Jesse - Jan 12, 2015 12:08:25 pm PST #14336 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I don't understand the use of "call" for telephoning -- in my day, when you called on someone, you showed up at their door!
I think of "whoa" as a synonym for "stop," or at least, "not so fast." "Woah" is more "system overloaded; does not compute" -- as others have pointed out, what Keanu says.
That's just what I was going to say.
flea - Jan 12, 2015 12:21:07 pm PST #14337 of 30000
information libertarian
My grandmother (born 1913) used to say, "I'm going to look at television."
Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2015 12:26:00 pm PST #14338 of 30000
brillig
It's always fun to figure out the age of the author by the verbs they choose.
-t - Jan 12, 2015 12:36:19 pm PST #14339 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think of "whoa" as a synonym for "stop," or at least, "not so fast." "Woah" is more "system overloaded; does not compute" -- as others have pointed out, what Keanu says.
Not seeing why "whoa" can't mean both. It always has to me. It was used an expression of amazement before Bill & Ted, y'all.
-t - Jan 12, 2015 12:39:10 pm PST #14340 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This is going to sound crazy, but to me the oa in the middle of the Keanu one do what his face does, a sort of dropped jaw, open mouth thing. Where whoa! is more abrupt and stopped.
That I can see. The h on the end does take me to a slack-jawed expression. However, I cannot agree with "whoa" necessarily being abrupt.
amych - Jan 12, 2015 12:40:25 pm PST #14341 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
In the fine Buffista tradition of contrarian nitpicking, I'm'a go out on a limb and say that Keanu says "whoa", whereas "woah" is totally a Joey Lawrence thing. And is thus banninated.
(Descriptivist unless it annoys me personally is a real thing, right?)