# Worry Ward or Worry Wart??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233 "2011-10-01T05:19:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/21 "2011-10-01T14:46:46Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> No votes for worrywort?

_Wort_ is either a plant, or the liquid that ferments into beer. It is pronounced **wurt**. So no, not that.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/22 "2011-10-01T15:49:36Z")

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Definitely wart.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/23 "2011-10-01T16:48:52Z")

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First time I have heard anything other than “wart” suggested.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/24 "2011-10-01T18:14:40Z")

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Maybe the pronouncing person had a head cold?

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/25 "2011-10-01T19:34:34Z")

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If I heard someone say “worry ward,” I would think they were a little dim. If they tried to explain why they were correct ny using the logic in the OP, I’d think they were a frigging idiot.

Joe

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/26 "2011-10-01T20:57:47Z")

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You shouldn’t take it for granite that something is spelled the way it sounds to you.

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**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worry-ward-or-worry-wart/598233/27 "2011-10-01T20:59:46Z")

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> [@wheresgeorge04](#):
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> If I heard someone say “worry ward,” I would think they were a little dim. If they tried to explain why they were correct ny using the logic in the OP, I’d think they were a frigging idiot.
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> Joe

That’s why I asked. Or maybe they had head colds, like Sailboat suggested. 😃

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