We all know the Internet is serious business..
I often discover little quirky things on the Internet (with a capital “I” my friends) that I would never have thought of otherwise.
We all know the phrase “lo and behold” (or so I thought)..
I was reading a mailing list that shall remain unnamed for no real reason, and I noticed that someone had used the phrase “woah and behold.” Now, first of all, whoa is spelled w-h-o-a (old pet peeve, right Jim? Sorry :]). Secondly, wtf? I know “lo” isn’t a common word, but.. yeah. I don’t get it. So, anyway, on to Google!
I did a little testing:
- “woah and behold” – 179 results
- “whoa and behold” – 1,080 results
- “woa and behold” – 27 results
- “wo and behold” – 249 results (this surprised me!)
- “wow and behold” – 341 results (this one really surprised me!)
- “lol and behold” – 1,620 results (what. the. fuck.)
- “ho and behold” – 222 results (acceptable)
- “yo and behold” – 841 results (haha. YO AND BEHOLD, BEEOTCH)
- “whoah and behold” – 33 results
- “glow and behold” – 122 result
- “blow and behold” – 448 (haha, I just noticed that gonad.org results have already been added to google from your comment TrEP)
- “fro and behold” – 19 results (that all seem to be out of context, not misuse, oh well
) - “loe and behold” – 1,700 results
- “low and behold” – 548,000 results (ouch!)
- “lo and behold” – 1,720,000 results
So.. I guess people are nuts, and I have a bunch of useless pet peeves.
Before The Great Content Losing of 2005 here at gonad.org (also before the wonders of WordPress!), I had compared the use of “prom” and “the prom.” Like “I went to prom” compared to “I went to the prom.” Using Google, I compared many-a phrase like this, but I can’t remember the results, so it was a bit pointless to mention it! Anyway! I feel the word “prom” should always have “the” in front of it in these sentences, unless of course you’re an English-speaking European. Then you can say crap like “After I went to prom, I attended university, but found myself in hospital! I think it’s time I go on holliday!” and just sound cultured.
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Updated 10/26/05 to add more, thanks to señor tReP!
I should make some special css for my DOOT DOOT DOOT update markers! Harr!
I just realized that as soon as Google picks up this page, the results will be slightly higher. This is the price I pay for doing cutting edge science research.
Also, since I’m too lame to come up with a new poll topic, this post will have to it. Vote in the sidebar! VOTE! VOOOTE YOU HEATHENS! I’m trying out the features that lets people add options.. feel free!
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