World of Weird Al Yankovic

Sailor-Polka-Moon wrote:_{/teamWHOA-way because it sorta just rolls off the tongue easier}

When all is said and done, this is ultimately what it comes down to for me. It just sounds better. Oddly enough, if I saw "woway" as a word, I would probably lean towards the wow-ay pronunciation. But there's something about seeing it in all caps that makes me want to split the WO and WAY.

I was for WHOA-way before I was against it. I'm a flip-flopper, apparently.

I was converted to Team WOW-ay at some point in the mid to late 00's.

mellow weasel wrote:

Muldernscully wrote:Wow. I never thought of pronouncing it WOW-AY. That would split up Weird Al Yankovic, which makes no sense to me. World Of------Weird Al Yankovic vs. World of Weird--------Al Yankovic. But, to each his own, I guess.

There's no splitting in either pronunciation . They're not saying "wow" and "ay" as seperate words . It's only a matter of how you pronounce letter "o" (as in "low" or in "down"), "way" part always sounds the same.

So, what you're saying is that the argument should be wow-way vs. whoah-way, since the way is not split.

Muldernscully wrote:So, what your saying is that the argument should be wow-way vs. whoah-way, since the way is not split.

I'm saying it's /woʊ.eɪ/ vs /waʊ.eɪ/. wow-ay and whoah-way is just a simplified way to write pronunciations so that everyone can understand. The discussion isn't about how you write a pronunciation, it's about how you SAY it

Also "you're saying"

mellow weasel wrote:

Muldernscully wrote:So, what your saying is that the argument should be wow-way vs. whoah-way, since the way is not split.

I'm saying it's /woʊ.eɪ/ vs /waʊ.eɪ/. wow-ay and whoah-way is just a simplified way to write pronunciations so that everyone can understand. The discussion isn't about how you write a pronunciation, it's about how you SAY it

Also "you're saying"

Oops. Haven't made that mistake in a while.

My wife said wow ay. I'm now divorced

minnick27 wrote:My wife said wow ay. I'm now divorced

I know some guys would put up with that kind of thing, but frankly I can't imagine why.

Quite honestly, I just call it the Weird Al Forum.

I say wow-ay but whenever I talk about it no one ever seems to understand what i'm saying so I have to say the "World of Weird Al Yankovic Forum" in its entirety, so they kind of understand what I'm talking about

Bob. It's pronounced Bob.