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darkshade 
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Posted: March 19 2011 at 21:23 |
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what is the correct spelling? is it whopping (as in BK Whopper (this is how you pronounce it btw)) or whooping (as in Woopie Goldberg)? i see it spelled both ways on various forums and i need to know. Im sure there are other terms i'd like settled, but this one came to mind first.
Edited by darkshade - March 19 2011 at 21:24
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 19 2011 at 21:40 |
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Whopping
Anyone who says otherwise is a communist and a loser.
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CCVP
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Posted: March 19 2011 at 21:46 |
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I saw here in BR somebody spelling it Uópim. LOL.
It sounds the same, though.
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darkshade
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Posted: March 19 2011 at 22:00 |
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^ yea that looks like how Stewie from Family Guy would pronounce it "whooouuuopping"
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Posted: March 19 2011 at 23:56 |
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whooping cough / whopping paycheck
both are correct, the second one is slang
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 00:05 |
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I don't know what you are talking about, those are separate words, as David said.
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Epignosis
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:04 |
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Two different words.
Whop- to hit hard, to whack
Whoop- a shout or exclamation (usually of joy); to cough spasmodically
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:10 |
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I agree with all the correct people above me.
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Icarium
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:16 |
I ordererd a f'''''ing double whopper not a double wooper, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I SAY IT, NEXT TIME I CALL MY AUTURNY FFFF'''K
Edited by aginor - March 20 2011 at 07:17
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:37 |
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It depends what you want to say.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:38 |
 akamaisondufromage wrote:
It depends what you want to say. |
He has a whooping cock that makes the women whop.
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irrelevant
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:40 |
Snow Dog wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
It depends what you want to say. |
He has a whooping cock that makes the women whop. |
I'd think it's the other way around.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: March 20 2011 at 07:43 |
Snow Dog wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
It depends what you want to say. |
He has a whooping cock that makes the women whop. |
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Help me I'm falling!
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darkshade
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 01:12 |
i dont know anyone who even uses the word whooping 
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 03:18 |
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Don't Cowboys Whoop?
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chopper
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 07:53 |
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I believe "whoop" is a sporting term as in "France whooped Wales at the weekend" or "Ireland whooped England" etc etc.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 08:08 |
irrelevant wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
It depends what you want to say. |
He has a whooping cock that makes the women whop. |
I'd think it's the other way around. |
You don't say? 
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zappaholic
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 08:38 |
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I know that 142 Mexican whooping llamas are quite clear on the distinction.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Dean
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 08:48 |
chopper wrote:
I believe "whoop" is a sporting term as in "France whooped Wales at the weekend" or "Ireland whooped England" etc etc. |
That would be whopped - Ireland would have whooped for joy at the result, but England got whopped.
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What?
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 21 2011 at 09:01 |
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There is also the whooping crane.
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