A Question for my Readers: The Issue With "Ooh" (Resolved) · 3:09am Jun 8th, 2013
Hey there folks! I had a question today that I just can't seem to answer, and to ask you all for help would have to be done verbally since I can't seem to put it down in words. As such, I've made up an audio file and put it up on Soundcloud in hopes that someone out there might be able to help me out of a little bit of a literary bind.
Ever wanted to hear J make a jackass out of himself on mic? Here's your chance!
Hopefully together we can come to an answer on how to solve this most perplexing of verbal-to-literary dilemmas!
PS: That prize mentioned is nothing big, so don't get any hopes up. It will be a credit given in the description of The Transient's Detail for being a genuinely cool, informed person. Sorry that I can't offer much else!
EDIT:
Seems I have someone who was able to give me the answer I needed!
From Queue:
Holy shit, your voice is perfect for doing voice overs.
Anyway, the answer is context. For example, take the word, "well". It has many meanings for many different contexts. People will almost always know what meaning to apply to the word by the context of its use:
"Well, I do like her."
"I did it well."
"I fell in a well."
Similarly:
"Oooh! I know the answer!"
"Oh, snap!"
"Oooooh... You're gonna get in trouble!"
In each situation I know what the "ooh" is supposed to mean because I've heard it used in each situation. You'll notice I also changed the number of "o"s in the spelling each time, which helps carry the specific tone required by the intended meaning, but the context is still the most important part. Obviously you'll want to make the context more complex than simply being stated by the speaker in some situations, but the point is you should trust your readers to understand the meaning of your use of "ooh" the same way you'd trust us to understand the meaning of your use of "well".
In other words I'm telling not to use any adjectives specifically for the "ooh". Does that still qualify me for the tentative prize?
Thanks for the help!
Fun fact audience! J Winters was in the process of getting drunk during this recording!
The more you know!
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Holy shit, your voice is perfect for doing voice overs.
Anyway, the answer is context. For example, take the word, "well". It has many meanings for many different contexts. People will almost always know what meaning to apply to the word by the context of its use:
"Well, I do like her."
"I did it well."
"I fell in a well."
Similarly:
"Oooh! I know the answer!"
"Oh, snap!"
"Oooooh... You're gonna get in trouble!"
In each situation I know what the "ooh" is supposed to mean because I've heard it used in each situation. You'll notice I also changed the number of "o"s in the spelling each time, which helps carry the specific tone required by the intended meaning, but the context is still the most important part. Obviously you'll want to make the context more complex than simply being stated by the speaker in some situations, but the point is you should trust your readers to understand the meaning of your use of "ooh" the same way you'd trust us to understand the meaning of your use of "well".
In other words I'm telling not to use any adjectives specifically for the "ooh". Does that still qualify me for the tentative prize?
1133675 Yes it does! Quite honestly, the use of surrounding punctuation and updating the spelling is something that had not occurred to me. That would make it the least amount of words to describe it (Even less than one adjective!), so it perfectly fits the criteria.
So what name should I be using for ya at this point? Still Yu? Or would you prefer Queue?
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Whichever you like. I changed the name because I liked the pun, but if I ever change my avatar I'll go back to "Yu".