It's spelled WHOA

[Spocks Toupee]

Seriously, why do people think WHOA is spelled WOAH?
It doesn't even make sense.
How to you pronounce NOAH, the guy who built the ark ?

[Pug]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that...but then I thought maybe Steam just mistyped it. I'm about to start the game up and check it out though. I guess if it's in the game title (in the game) then it just was a mistake. Oh well.

[jello ツ]

Maybe, just maybe it's intentional.

[Spocks Toupee]

Originally posted by jello ツ:

Maybe, just maybe it's intentional.

100 times out of 100 it's not, a lot of people think it's actually spelled that way

[dant.lawliet]

It's intentional. Stylistic choice.

[Robotube]

It's intentional. Very, very intentional! Promise.

Also, it's a proper name of a work of fiction, so anything goes!

Don't forget: The Beatles.

[Spocks Toupee]

OK, thanks, now I can relax

[mrbl1ster]

Also - most Brits will spell it "Woah" - It's neat to see people talk about this. Maybe we should ask Keanu Reeves how he spells it?!

[Spocks Toupee]

lol
I'm sure he spells it "Whoa"

[thaKingRocka]

Could you guys just explain the rationale behind it, please?

[mrbl1ster]

@thaKingRocka - It was more of a stalistic choice. It feels better on the eyes visually. I find it to be super interesting that people are so up in arms over it.

Here is something of interest for you Whoa dudes.

“Woa” itself is a variant of “Wo” from the late 1700s, deriving from the interjection (not pronoun) “Who”, which has been around since the middle 1400s. “Whoa” predates “Woah” by about ten years. But, (perhaps) interestingly, it depends on which English speaking country you live in as to which is considered “standard”. “Woah” is the favored spelling in the UK, while both spellings are in common use in the US. Both are correct, so use whichever you like. Or, if you want to get REALLY “correct” (and by that I mean ridiculously anal retentive), just go back to “Wo”. Apparently that’s when the “dumbing down” started.

[Spocks Toupee]

Originally posted by mrbl1ster:

@thaKingRocka - It was more of a stalistic choice. It feels better on the eyes visually.

Depending on which country you grew up in ;)
To me it looks unnatural

Just like the word Oriented vs Orientated

In America "Oriented" is dictionary correct, but some countries use "Orientated"

[Robotube]

I love that people are talkng about it so much. It might be the best thing ever.

[Spocks Toupee]

Originally posted by Robotube:

I love that people are talkng about it so much. It might be the best thing ever.

You're welcome.
Where's my free game ;)

[thaKingRocka]

I never saw the word spelled with the H in the final postion until it started popping up on the internet everywhere along with all sorts of other examples of people's unfamiliarity with the conventions of writing and spelling. I don't know what the source was for that excerpt there, but a search of Oxford and Webster led only to "whoa."

For what it's worth, I think the stylistic decision was a problem. Defying convention is not worth it to have your game's title just seem wrong to so many people. It reminds me of Bulletstorm's decision to put the + after the point value despite the fact that it makes no sense.

Here is a look at Google's corpus search.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=whoa%2Cwoah%2CWhoa%2CWoah&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cwhoa%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cwoah%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CWhoa%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CWoah%3B%2Cc0

Here is Oxford's entry with a series of examples from well known authors spelling it with the H in the second position.
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/228718?rskey=Y3YxKL&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid

[Spocks Toupee]

Originally posted by thaKingRocka:

I never saw the word spelled with the H in the final postion until it started popping up on the internet everywhere along with all sorts of other examples of people's unfamiliarity with the conventions of writing and spelling.

^ THIS

I'm starting to see "As well", being bastardized into one word "ASWELL"