Grammar Geek  +  371403 Mon, 28 May 07 03:46 AM Waaaa! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Lil' Ruby Rose  +  371495 Mon, 28 May 07 09:29 AM Oops! = after making a minor error Whoops! = after dropping something unimportant Yikes! = semi-humorous expression of mild alarm Mmm = (level intonation) I'm sceptical about what you have just said Mmm? = (rising intonation) What was that?  Pardon? Mmm-mmm = That's delicious! Ups-a-daisy! = Said to a child when it has fallen, to try and get it back up on its feet and moving before it starts screaming. p.s. LOL at Mr P's handy guide to correct Oo-er etiquette... and a nostalgic hooray! for the Carry On films.  It's been so long, I'd almost forgotten (oo-er)! Lil' Ruby Rose Joined on Wed, Dec 20 2006 Regular Member 879 Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion. Intonations

	MrPedantic  +  371773 Mon, 28 May 07 11:17 PM It's been so long, I'd almost forgotten (oo-er)! I think that may well be an (oo-er²). MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	Grammar Geek  +  609525 Wed, 10 Dec 08 03:04 PM Look up a few posts: Anonymous “how do you write the word of a baby crying?... somthing like orwaeeeeeeeee..? im norwegian so its a bit hard for me ” Grammar Geek “Waaaa! ” Grammar Geek