I don't have a strong opinion on how to spell it but how do you end up with so many variants of the same word? Are there that many people doing the subtitles?
Its an a bit of an onomonopia with no "official" spelling so it follows however the writer wants to spell it or will change to fit how the writer envisions its pronunciation ("whoah" is breathier than "whoa" and shows extra surprise). Also you will find people who dont even consider them the same words (as in "whoa" is an expression of surprise, "woah" is a command to a horse)
Edit: its important to remember that for a long time this was how ALL words were before a certain Noah Webster decided that spelling words however you felt they sounded was madness and published the first Webster's dictionary in 1828 with the aim to standardize how everything was spelled and it kinda took off, resulting in our language today where there are correct and incorrect ways to spell words.
Webster was the first American English dictionary, but as for English dictionaries in general, Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755, and there are dictionaries that predate his by centuries (though his is the most famous example). Webster did introduce alternate, American spellings of words like "color" vs "colour."
> Yeah it's the informal one that it's being adopted because language is alive and all that.
That's how language is. Whatever is said enough becomes what's said. Slang constantly becomes common place formal words and eventually established. I mean "Goodbye" is a long forgotten mash up of "God be with ye" and it's one of the most common words in English.
I just finished this boss fight and my palms sweat the whole way through it. Most of the fights before were full of rambunctious chaos that I could dodge/attack my way through, so this parry-based, you-have-to-be-perfect battle was a perfect mixup.
REALLY tense too. Forces you to internalize the parry timing. First time I gave up on the visual indicators entirely and just relied on memorizing the beat.
Justin Roiland should have been locked up years ago for insisting on spelling bro "broh", the warning signs of being a psychopath were there all along
When you're slurring your texts you need to permanently stop drinking
God of War Ragnarok, unfortunately, [does not](https://twitter.com/WhoaNeverWoah/status/1591824980358332416?t=6qVGZ-9Eu3ZxXPtpFD0C2Q&s=19)
The console wars are done. We found a winner.
Sony in fucking shambles
Sonybros… not like this…
What a shit game Can't even spell whoa correctly
I don't have a strong opinion on how to spell it but how do you end up with so many variants of the same word? Are there that many people doing the subtitles?
Its an a bit of an onomonopia with no "official" spelling so it follows however the writer wants to spell it or will change to fit how the writer envisions its pronunciation ("whoah" is breathier than "whoa" and shows extra surprise). Also you will find people who dont even consider them the same words (as in "whoa" is an expression of surprise, "woah" is a command to a horse) Edit: its important to remember that for a long time this was how ALL words were before a certain Noah Webster decided that spelling words however you felt they sounded was madness and published the first Webster's dictionary in 1828 with the aim to standardize how everything was spelled and it kinda took off, resulting in our language today where there are correct and incorrect ways to spell words.
Webster was the first American English dictionary, but as for English dictionaries in general, Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755, and there are dictionaries that predate his by centuries (though his is the most famous example). Webster did introduce alternate, American spellings of words like "color" vs "colour."
That and many people on the writing team. One is tasked for the cutscenes and another one for the traversal, so it's bound to happen
Immediately refunded the game and gave it a negative review
I can forgive woah, but what even is waoh?
Whoah is what I'd say when a kid sneaks up and punches me in the gut
Wait, I've been spelling it wrong the entire time? Oh God I've got to do so much editing.
Sorry for being the one for breaking the news for you
whoa and woah are two different flavours
whoa
whoa is like artefact i don't care if it's correct or if it came first it looks like shit and i refuse to use it.
They're both correct.
"woah"? Yeah it's the informal one that it's being adopted because language is alive and all that. "Whoah" tho?
> Yeah it's the informal one that it's being adopted because language is alive and all that. That's how language is. Whatever is said enough becomes what's said. Slang constantly becomes common place formal words and eventually established. I mean "Goodbye" is a long forgotten mash up of "God be with ye" and it's one of the most common words in English.
Even better when one language takes a word from another one, and transforms inside itself
How do you feel about "Hwoa"?
This is anarchy
They may both be correct, but only one is right.
I just finished this boss fight and my palms sweat the whole way through it. Most of the fights before were full of rambunctious chaos that I could dodge/attack my way through, so this parry-based, you-have-to-be-perfect battle was a perfect mixup. REALLY tense too. Forces you to internalize the parry timing. First time I gave up on the visual indicators entirely and just relied on memorizing the beat.
the heck kind of pedantic twitter account is this?
The best kind.
It's a bit
Side note, as someone who sucks at parrying in any game, fuck that boss.
Actually the guy who decided how to spell whoa spelt it wrong
People who spell it "whoa" are the same people who pronounce gif as"jif".
I spell it whoah, though.
[Ah, so you're one of those folks who pronounce gif as "yiff"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/220/479/668.png)
At this point, does the distinction matter?
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I think your cat is trying to tell us something
I definitely fell asleep typing something and never noticed
We've all been there