# It is not he he he! Damnit! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233 "2002-12-03T16:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/21 "2002-12-03T17:42:59Z")
Off to the Pit. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/22 "2002-12-03T17:46:10Z")
Porky es commocionado? Wallah? Bwwhhhaaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/23 "2002-12-03T17:50:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*According to Merriam Webster, “crumby” is the same as “crummy.” \*\* Okay, but the book I was reading wasn’t _Merriam Webster_, it was _Catcher in the Rye_. And of course, it’s ever so much easier to blame J. D. Salinger, than my own misfiring neurons. They always get all defensive and argumentative, whereas Salinger never raises a peep. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/24 "2002-12-03T17:53:38Z")
I can’t read **HAW HAW HAW** without thinking about the guy that was trying to steal Ethan’s girl in The Searchers. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/25 "2002-12-03T17:54:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*This pet peeve of mine-- the misspelling of interjections–is about to drive me MAD. > > This is a lame rant but hoepfully some of you with higher blood pressure can ramp it up with more indignance and more examples. \*\* Places Grammar Cap firmly on skull… People who can`t spell “hopefully” drive me nuts. Also, there should be a comma between “rant” and “but”.😉 P.S. This is a he he he; 😛 . And this is a hee hee hee; 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/26 "2002-12-03T17:58:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\ ***Cranky** , hehehe is NOT the same as hee hee hee. > > The latter is a giggle. > > The former is a sly chuckle. > > Hope that clarifies things a little. \*\* Then what about “heh heh heh”? I am so confused. . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/27 "2002-12-03T18:00:24Z")
A sly, sinister chuckle, of course. It’s best used when the Snidely Whiplash voice is in play. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/28 "2002-12-03T18:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan_ > > Also, goddamnit, it is “VOILA!” not “Wallah” or other things I’ve seen. If you don’t know the word, fine. Just don’t use it in your writing. > > \*Originally posted by Floater \* > No, it’s not. It’s voil **à**. Except that in French, one does not put accents on capital letters, so voilà (lowercase) becomes VOILA (uppercase). ---
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/29 "2002-12-03T18:03:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*ARGH!! This was supposed to be in The Pit. > \*\* Um…it’s **ARRGH!!** [sub]sorry. I really am.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/30 "2002-12-03T18:04:37Z")
Nor is it “Dammit” Janet! Damnit. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/31 "2002-12-03T18:10:11Z")
I sometimes write “There it is!” as “Voila Voila Voishington!” People never seem to get it. One that really bithers me a bot is when people say “I’ll get back to you in three weeks’ time.” Good, because getting back to me in three weeks’ liquid measure is far too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/32 "2002-12-03T18:12:06Z")
Actually, Merriam-Webster (Third International Unabridged, the big blue daddy) has **dammit** (derived from _damn it_) as a main entry. Nothing for “damnit,” which I always imagine pronounced with the “n,” and thus always change to “dammit” or “damn it” in mss. (Boy, did we have fun with the adverb _damit_ in German class . . .) ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/33 "2002-12-03T18:13:23Z")
Would you settle for “Him him him”? (I was so sure this was going to be an “It is I” rant.) ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/34 "2002-12-03T18:18:02Z")
This is Sofa King childish… ---
**Author:** ![Suspenderzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Suspenderzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suspenderzzz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/35 "2002-12-03T18:21:11Z")
What really gets me is when someone spells “no one”, “noone”. This happens surprisingly often. I keep seeing it over and over on many different message boards. The first time I saw “noone”, I thought the author was just one retard who didn’t know how to spell. But “noone” keeps popping up all over the place. Please, people, this is really distracting! Your readers have to stop and think for a second what it is supposed to mean. “Noone”? That would be pronounced “noon”, with an “e” tacked on the end. (Insert lame outdated Dan Quayle joke here – or don’t). I am very forgiving of the occasional honest typo (have my fair share of them myself), but if someone truely doesn’t know how to spell, or use basic grammar (as evidenced by making the exact same mistake over and over), that discredits the entire message. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/36 "2002-12-03T18:23:44Z")
Well I was beaten to my submission of “opps” and I still don’t really get why that is such a common misspelling. As far as “yeah” I was taught this is one of the correct spellings and [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) agrees. So YEAH! [sub]Notice I talk big when **Cranky** can’t reach me.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![da\_pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@da\_pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/da_pope)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/37 "2002-12-03T18:25:23Z")
when did **lose** become **loose**?? ---
**Author:** ![Suspenderzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Suspenderzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suspenderzzz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/38 "2002-12-03T18:25:35Z")
Another one I see misspelled repeatedly is the humble “sarcasm”. If I see it spelled “sarcism” one more time, I think I will jump out the window. And don’t even get me started on the person who attempted to spell “vestibule” and it came out “vestible”. People, if in doubt, use the dictionary. It is in your own interest, if you care to get your message across. To me, “vestible” was such an eyesore that it is the only thing I remember about that post. I don’t remember what it was about, or even what message board it was on. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/39 "2002-12-03T18:42:18Z")
And for the love of sweet god above, if you are so mentally deficient that you must use a spellchecker, at the very least review each of the suggested corrections rather than simply clicking ‘replace’ like a crack-addled monkey frantically pressing the little bar in the hopes of getting a treat. Seeing an email from a vice president (a vice-fucking-president of a company, for god’s sake!) refer to “descanted” parking spaces in lieu of “designated”, or telling us to mark a certain event on our “colanders” … well, when the building is burned down and I’m on a beach in Tahiti with traveler’s checks, there may be a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233/40 "2002-12-03T18:48:08Z")
It is not “Please move it oh blessed Mods” — it is “Please move it, **O** blessed Mods.” The vocative is “O” (always capitalized), and “oh” is just an exclamation or a sigh. (Maybe one in 10,000 people is aware of this distinction.) Don’t forget the comma of direct address. “Damnit”: when you find a louse egg and cuss at it. “Out, damn nit!” Noone is the lead singer of Herman’s Hermits. Pretty clever of him using that name, an allusion to the alias of Odysseus in Polyphemus’s cave: [symbol]OutiV[/symbol], which means ‘No One’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-not-he-he-he-damnit/140233.md?page=3)