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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Wooooooah #168642 06/12/2007 7:17 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 18 Mississippi Bohemian_Cur stranger Bohemian_Cur stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 18 Mississippi What is the word that describes the stretching of a word, as in the title of this post? Is the word (this word being originally one syllable) still a one syllable word? If not, how would one count the syllables in a word such as that? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wooooooah Bohemian_Cur #168645 06/12/2007 12:59 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tasis = stretching (bur found only at Silva Rhetoricae) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wooooooah Bohemian_Cur #168730 06/17/2007 2:04 AM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5 U.S.A. polyglot stranger polyglot stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5 U.S.A. Hello! It's also found at this site: http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/T/tasis.htm However, I've never seen it spelled 'woah'. I've seen it as 'whoa', even if you put in a bunch of extra O's I think it would still be only one syllable, but that's mho. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wooooooah polyglot #168734 06/17/2007 2:45 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass hi polyg.. that's the same site; i.e. silva rhetoricae. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wooooooah polyglot #168740 06/17/2007 11:43 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Originally Posted By: polyglot Hello! It's also found at this site: http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/T/tasis.htm However, I've never seen it spelled 'woah'. I've seen it as 'whoa', even if you put in a bunch of extra O's I think it would still be only one syllable, but that's mho. Thanks. I finally read the subject line right. I was reading it is a two syllable word, woo-ah. Sort of a variant of the Marine "Hooooo-ah." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wooooooah Faldage #168743 06/17/2007 5:32 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Pull up, Faldage, we'uns gonna learn you'uns howda say "whooa" with two syllables. Ready? ___________ Whooooooo'-uh?_______________ That's when ye'ens ain't trusting 'dat ye'uns mule'uns is gonna whoa. You are welcome. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wooooooah themilum #168751 06/18/2007 12:10 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Oh, Milo. I just don't know what I'd do without your expert guidance in matters linguistic. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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