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ach, gah, etc... strange really, because although they look like they're phonetic transcripts of real interjections, I've never actually heard anyone say ach or gah although I've seen them on a million blogs and message boards. Also, I wonder when yuck became ewwww? Does anyone in the UK actually say ewww? If they do, did they before the internet?

― Tristam Shandy, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw ach, gah and ewwww!

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

(ie. I invented the internet, with Al Gore)

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I say all of those things, but don't think I've said 'yuck' since I was about six.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

i say them all too. sometimes i try and say 'wtf' but it's hard to pronounce.

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I say (and type/text) "ugh". And I think I might start using "eheu" from now on.

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I say ach and ugh. I have probably said ewwww. I don't think I say gah very much though. I probably say ummmfph, but I have never typed it (aside from now).

― emil.y (emil.y), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I say ach, gah, bah and ewwww. I also tend to say "ummmm...." a lot.

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i definitely say "gah" and have done so since before i paid any attention to the internet. "ewww" has been around since the dawn of time.

― pfeffernuesse (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Also: Uh-oh

― caitlin (caitlin), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i say WTF!!!111 all the time now

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate "ewww". It makes everyone sound like a retarded thirteen year-old American girl. "Gah" is my favourite. It's just very expressive. Don't think I've said it in real life, though.

― Wooden (Wooden), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

'meh' has entered my vocab, as has the verb 'to roffle'.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:37 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah i say "meh" and "roffle" too now.

― pfeffernuesse (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

but only around other ilxors

― pfeffernuesse (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Alba is Groundskeeper Willie.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

On so many levels.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't forget "haha."

― jaymc, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Lol is a paradox, though.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I've heard someone say "lol" irl and I vaguely remember someone posting that they'd heard someone else do the same

― beanz (beanz), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

slightly off topic, but have you noticed people starting to pull emoticon faces during normal human interaction?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

'Ew' came from The Simpsons for me, but I didn't know how to spell it until I saw it on the internet. The fucking internet.

― Core of Sphagnum (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 October 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Heavens! I can't think of any. :)

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 7 October 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I tend to make a more glottal noise - euch, rather than ew. I don't know if that is just being Scottish though. I also um rather than er, for anyone interested.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 7 October 2004 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Do people outside Australia say "Fully!" when they mean "OTM"?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 7 October 2004 10:31 (twenty-one years ago)

what does it mean when people write 'sic'

― willdabeast, Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"sic" = "that's what it's supposed to be" – often used to highlight a mistake or to point out that you're reproducing the mistake/quirk rather than originating it.

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Do people outside Australia say "Fully!" when they mean "OTM"?

No.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

(sic is Latin for "thus")
xpost

― beanz (beanz), Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i say 'oh noes!'

www.ohnoes.org

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

(sic is Latin for "thus")

and for 'yes'.

xpost

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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