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It’s nuts. But…. Horse people still use “whoa” meaning “slow down!”. But they have developed a written phrase describing an unexcitable horse that doesn’t immediately want to run as “more woah than go”. Probably pronounced goah. It has turned into a colloquialism.
It’s nuts. But…. Horse people still use “whoa” meaning “slow down!”.
They do. But I've ridden a lot, at camps and stables in various parts of the West, and always heard "whoa" pronounced "hoh!" I don't know if I've seen the spelling "woah," but at least it's clear that it starts with a W and not an H.
They do. But I've ridden a lot, at camps and stables in various parts of the West, and always heard "whoa" pronounced "hoh!" I don't know if I've seen the spelling "woah," but at least it's clear that it starts with a W and not an H.
Interesting. I've been around horses enough, and I've never heard it said "Hoh!", but I've always been on the East Coast.
Spelling, punctuation and sentence structure are all 'optional' these days.
That's a good way to say it. I try to be tolerant, but I just corrected a thread title I couldn't stand looking at anymore. The woman who started the thread has a peculiar way of writing, sort of backwards, like she writes the end of the sentence before the beginning, and I guess she thinks this makes her clever and quirky and special. In addition to that, she spells badly, so I think it was an honest mistake. Nice enough person, but I notice people rarely respond to her posts because of her odd affectation with sentence structure.
I'm a Texan, and I've never heard "hoh". Ever. It's "Whoa", pronounced "woe."
Yelling out "Hoh" or "Hoe!" has an entirely different meaning.
"Woah" - pronounced "Whoh- a" sounds like something a Kennedy (Massachusetts) might have uttered.
"Woah" - pronounced as "Huu-Ah!" ? Yessir!
Woah is me.
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