# Voilà! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233 "2001-11-08T18:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/41 "2001-11-09T14:57:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bossk \* > \*Eu nunca pensei de que sua matriz era um whore repugnante, only aquele ela era um whore terminal. \* \*\* Your ability to use Babelfish is quite intimidating. You have us at your mercy. ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/42 "2001-11-09T15:07:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cazzle \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > > tsk, tsk, tsk **cazzle** : You probably mean _En masse_, another fairly common mistake. > > 🙂 \*\* > > Umm… maybe I’m missing sarcasm, but I was boggling over the fact that people actually spell it “on mass”. I’ve seen it in print just recently. This is so hard to understand - they think it’s an English phrase?? > > Oh, and today I grabbed a screenshot of CNN with a headline containing the word “corageous”… what is the world coming to? \*\* Mm, just emailed cnn last week over misuse of the word ‘epidemic’ as in “The dengue virus – which causes fever, headache and rashes on the palms and feet – is believed to have entered Hawaii on people traveling from Tahiti or American Samoa, where the disease is epidemic.” Told them that’s supposed to be “endemic”. What kind of idiot? Overuse of the spellcheck function WILL be the downfall of society as we know it. [http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/02/hawaii.dengue.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/11/02/hawaii.dengue.ap/index.html) They still haven’t fixed it. even though they sent a response email. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/43 "2001-11-09T15:41:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Umm… maybe I’m missing sarcasm, but I was boggling over the fact that people actually spell it “on mass”. No sarcasm intended. Didn’t deduce that you were boggled by the fact that people mistakenly used _On mass_. Actually, I was a bit boggled by your ‘boggle’. ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/44 "2001-11-09T15:42:42Z")
ah ah, ces canadiens sont vraiment rigolos avec leurs droles d’expressions! Why do people say Woila??? There is a letter V in the English language? So why is it so hard to use it?! We don’t saw Wictory, wice-wersa!!! I never understood this one! PLEEEEASE, keep swearing in French- Canadian! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/45 "2001-11-09T15:55:44Z")
**Carine** - I grew up hearing the word but not seeing it written, and the way it’s pronounced sounded to me (once I knew it started with a “V”) like “Vwala!”. Before that, I thought people were saying “Wwala!” I was 15 before I ever saw it written down, and was surprised to see the correct spelling. I didn’t even think it was a real word, just a noise like “Ow”, or a nonsense word like “Abracadabra”. At first I was vaguely uncomfortable using it in a phrase in my French class because I felt like I was using a play word, if that makes sense 🙂 Now, “en masse”, on the other hand, is a phrase I’ve encountered most of my life. Rarely do I hear people say it - it’s usually printed. That’s why I boggle 🙂 at people who write it “on mass” - how did they come to learn the phrase without learning how to spell it? I assume they’ve caught it by chance, assumed it’s English and remembered it to work into a sentence at a later date to make themselves appear smart, without ever noticing that it doesn’t really make sense in English (on mass? in mass maybe…) ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/46 "2001-11-09T16:01:55Z")
Oh, ok, I got it, it make sense Cazzle, thanks! Being French I never thought about the “W” sound… Seeing you writting it “Vwoila”, I get it now… oh, it is so cute! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/47 "2001-11-09T16:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bossk \* > **Scatocephalic? Ah, more invented words. Actually, Webster’s prefers _coprophagiac_. Don’t let it get you down. They probably didn’t teach Latin where you were.** Get your languages straight, you retarded prion. It’s from the Greek _Skatos_ and _Kephalos_. Since you demonstrated a lack of research skills, I will let you find the meaning, so that I can be entertained later with your inadequate results. _Et puisque tu le demandes gentiment **Carine** : J’ai mon crisse de voyage, on me demande de sacrer, pour apprendre comment._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/48 "2001-11-09T16:18:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ogre \* > \*\*bonified! > AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! \*\* **bonify** _v._ To certify as genuine. At least that’s what it seems to mean from common usage. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/49 "2001-11-09T22:35:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Turbo Dog \* > \*\* > What’s wrong with “per say”? It’s just as acceptable as “per see”. \*\* My beef is not with the pronunciation, it’s with the spelling. The phrase is _per se_ and my opinion of someone’s intelligence drops drasticly when I see them spell it “pur say” or “per say.” Other wretched offenses: “She-she” (for _chi-chi_) “Boo Coo” (For _beaucoup_, My dad does this CONSTANTLY) “sheik/sheek” (for _chic_) and more I’m surely forgetting. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/50 "2001-11-10T00:18:44Z")
and let’s not forget the invitations that say “Please RSVP” SVP = sil vous plais (sp?)! It means “please”! This is only my pet peeve because it’s a fish-in-a-barrel type of thing. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/51 "2001-11-10T01:27:03Z")
_S’il-vous-plaît_, please…🙂 ---
**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:** [November 10, 2001, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/52 "2001-11-10T02:03:06Z")
This steak is served with with juice. ---
**Author:** ![Salix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Salix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salix)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/53 "2001-11-10T02:48:52Z")
I once saw someone post on a message board that someone else’s post looked like a “hycoo.” It was supposed to be _haiku_, but they spelled it _hycoo_. Yeah, while you’re enjoying that _hycoo_, be careful not to get washed away by a _soonommy_ or get slashed up with a _catawna_ by a _commacozzy sammarye_! ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/54 "2001-11-10T02:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*_S’il-vous-plaît_, please…🙂 \*\* thanks Omni. I’d say that in French but I’d probably fuck that up also. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/55 "2001-11-10T04:17:48Z")
Ooh, ooh, I have another one of these, except it’s actually a misspelled **English** -language expression. Namely, I hate it when people write “HERE HERE!!” when they’re heartily agreeing with what someone else has said. You pusillanimous peabrains! It’s not “Here here,” it’s “ **HEAR, HEAR!!** ”. Gah!! ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/56 "2001-11-10T05:21:59Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by detop \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bossk \* > **Scatocephalic? Ah, more invented words. Actually, Webster’s prefers _coprophagiac_. Don’t let it get you down. They probably didn’t teach Latin where you were.** Get your languages straight, you retarded prion. It’s from the Greek _Skatos_ and _Kephalos_. Since you demonstrated a lack of research skills, I will let you find the meaning, so that I can be entertained later with your inadequate results. I’m afraid detop’s got you on that one, Bossk. There’s is some significant difference between being a shithead and eating shit, though in many cases, one does not exclude the other, as has been amply demonstrated. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/57 "2001-11-10T05:32:47Z")
OOops! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by detop \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Bossk \* > > **Scatocephalic? Ah, more invented words. Actually, Webster’s prefers _coprophagiac_. Don’t let it get you down. They probably didn’t teach Latin where you were.** > > Get your languages straight, you retarded prion. It’s from the Greek _Skatos_ and _Kephalos_. Since you demonstrated a lack of research skills, I will let you find the meaning, so that I can be entertained later with your inadequate results. I’m afraid detop’s got you on that one, Bossk. There’s is some significant difference between being a shithead and eating shit, though in many cases, one does not exclude the other, as has been amply demonstrated. Apologies for getting that last post muddled. ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/58 "2001-11-10T16:44:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*(Tune in next week for “It’s ‘no problema’, with an a, not an o, ¡pendejos!”) \*\* Actually, its “No hay problema.” ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233/59 "2001-11-10T18:45:56Z")
Actually it’s _it’s_…😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voila/92233.md?page=2)