Talk:Whoa

Vandalism?
"Although "woah" is more formal and normally thought of as being correct, "whoa" is more common, but incorrect." This disagrees with the information in the talk page (and everything I ever learned in English class. Vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.35.93.244 (talk) 00:50, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Updated the page
I have updated the page to include sections, reference links and I pulled up some previously added pop culture links, and added some new ones. Please do not go deleting the whole page like has already happened several times. The word is only "whoa", and "woah" is merely slang. I have mentioned this in the main description paragraph. Raven Morris (talk) 02:17, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that I also changed the redirect to point "woah" to this page, rather than the other way around (which is incorrect in English). Raven Morris (talk) 02:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

The word whoa
I know I'll sound really stupid, but why isn't it there an article about the WORD whoa and maybe even mention if that's the right way to say woah or if it's the other way around, because that's what I came here looking for.

Or maybe there was one and people thought it'd be embarrasing to have a page about such a palyndromous reaction common to today's youth?

I'll create such a page if I am not presented with proof of why can't there be a page to whoa but there can definitely be a HUGE article about Knuckles, a character from a videogame. It's not that I think that there shouldn't be a page about Knuckles the echidna, I'm just saying that, if Knucles is reason enough, then whoa is more than enough.

I know it will be really hard to come up with "sources" worth quoting because I don't think any scientist has really given the thought a chance, that maybe they'll go do some research on AIDS and cancer and forget about the trivial argument of whoa vs woah.

I just wish I wasn't such a geek. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hecajoda (talk • contribs)


 * Did you try the Wiktionary link: whoa? -- Shelf Skewed  Talk  19:33, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I removed the suggested alternate spelling. This spelling is as common as "teh" and "liek" and "u" on the internet, but that doesn't make it an "accepted" spelling that has made its way into the language.  Hell, some dictionaries even have LOL and ROFL recently, but they do not have woah.--75.45.107.104 (talk) 01:18, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

People need to realize that "Woah" is a word. Just because "Whoa" is more common doesn't mean it's not a word. It's like "e-mail" and "email." Both are words, but "e-mail" is more formal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.57.95.238 (talk) 03:37, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Al Pacino and whoa
My question would be why there is no mention of the word by Al Pacino in the movie ”Scent of a Woman”? No one has ever explained it (as far as I know), but I believe he was reading his lines and pronounced the word as who-a, and everyone liked his pronunciation so much, the director decided to keep it that way...and it became famous!

Just my opinion..."Jimbo Slice" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.181.32.153 (talk) 00:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Nah, you need to watch the movie again. He consistetly says "Hoo-ha!" (not "whoa"), and he doesn't mean stop or hold on, which is what "whoa" means. Softlavender (talk) 02:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I was researching Al Pacino's famed exclamations when I came across this talk page as well as the Wiki entry of a military expression, Hooah, to which many Internet users attribute Pacino's noise including two from Yahoo! Answers: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100428053257AAhpBbI and https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101103190045AA0sHF8. Can you believe that? Sillyvalley (talk) 05:24, 22 September 2016 (UTC)