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Is It O Or Oh?

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cupid04 | 11:54 Fri 05th Sep 2014 | Word Origins
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Mostly used in poetry and hymns etc.
Is there a ruling for which one or can you use either?
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O is used when addressing someone. Oh is an exclamation so the two are not interchangeable.
11:59 Fri 05th Sep 2014
are you going to write us a poem then, cupes, lol.
O is used when addressing someone. Oh is an exclamation so the two are not interchangeable.
oh, and I use O when writing me hymns.
I say Oooooooooooh a lot.
Are you a matron Mamya?
Sipo, I would duck if I were you.
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Mamya, you're lucky, lol!
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Do I get a special prize for the first aber in this section?
I know.
We've been sectioned???
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This topic, then...
You should, yes.
I might have known there'd be an ulterior motive.
I don't want to rain on your parade but there have been posts in this topic before - for some reason they don't show.

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http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Phrases-and-Sayings/Word-Origins/Question1281884.html
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that's strange mamya...some of them are jelly babies...they must have been naughty, lol!
Although the use of 'O' is now archaic, restricted largely to poems and hymns, there is a distinct difference between 'O, My God' and 'Oh, My God!'. The former is a direct invocation to God whilst the latter is an exclamation of surprise followed by the expression, 'My God!'.
and there we have it the O arbiter is Obiter.
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Thank you obiter...you have best answer. x
Nice one Grasscarp! Keep up the Russian, and if you need any assistance you know where to ask.

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