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?

tasis = stretching (bur found only at Silva Rhetoricae)

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.

hi polyg.. that's the same site; i.e. silva rhetoricae.

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."

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.

Oh, Milo. I just don't know what I'd do without your expert guidance in matters linguistic.