Posted by
Andrews on Friday, November 06, 2009 5:37:53 PM
Or perhaps I should say "Whoa is me now". At least I would if I believed what I read on
this "ex-Christian" site. When I came upon an Amazon review saying "Whoa is me", I thought it was an aberration, a single bad speller. Unfortunately, google searches for "whoa is me" actually turns up quite a few people who seem to think this strange spelling is correct. If only I had known how many people imagined this was the correct spelling, I would have taken a slightly different tone in "
Short Grammar Nazi Post". I then only thought it was a single case, but apparently, along with those who think "rediculous" is a word, there are many who believe "whoa" is a word for sorrow. (Then again, "whoa is me" is now a
SOURCE of sorrow... at least for me.)
And so I leave you with these words: Whoa unto me! the
treacherous spellers have spelled treacherously; yea, the treacherous spellers have spelled very treacherously. (With due apologies to Isaiah.)
UPDATE: I was reading over the entire board to amuse myself and saw there was something to offend almost every faith on this site. This bunch of teen and twenty-something boys (check out the interests and you will see why I make that assumption, at least I hope those interests make them no older than mid-twenties) manage to mangle not only the word "woe", and manage not only to insult Christians, but also manage to mangle things sacred to other faiths as well. Just check out the post about getting the "Wicken Creed" posted in public squares. I imagine Wiccans would be puzzled to see their faith spelled in that new and interesting way. Then again "Wicken Creed" may make a good opening act of Linkin Park, a name which seems to have provided the foundation for much of the spelling on this site.