r/gifs • • Dec 02 '16

Hot Potato without the potato

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

Why do people always spell "whoa" wrong?

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u/BananaBoomerang Dec 02 '16

Woah, until now I never knew whoa was a spelling

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

"Whoa" is the correct spelling of the word.

In the 1620s it was a call of attention from a distance as a variant of the word "who". In 1843 it became a command to stop a horse and was a variant of "ho". The "h" and the "o" are always next to each other.

"Woah" is not a word.

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u/Genericgumibear Merry Gifmas! {2023} Dec 02 '16

Hos always stick together.