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Sorry, I'm normally not one of those people who correct others on spelling/grammar, but this is a pet peeve of mine: it's "voila" (french), not "wala".

maw 13y ago
Muphry's law strikes again!
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fabrice_d 13y ago
It's actually "voilà" in real French... :P
- guiomie 13y ago
  L'arroseur devient l'arrosé ... ahah
- camus2 13y ago
  ah , mais tout le monde peut se tromper,surtout avec le français, ou il est difficile de savoir comment un mot s'écrit tant qu'on ne l'a pas lu...
  - tincholio 13y ago
    où ;)
  - gulbrandr 13y ago
    Your french is pretty good!
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guelo 13y ago
Oh, that's what he meant.
gahahaha 13y ago
It almost makes sense if he meant "wallah" """Just sends a simple SMS/text and I promise by God, you are in.""" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallah_(Arabic) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallah_(Arabic) He didn't mean that of course...
- kumarski 13y ago
  hahahahahaha. I love this thread.
- dorian-graph 13y ago
  Another possible misunderstanding is that "wala" in Filipino means to be missing/absent. I was confused for a moment before I thought of "voila".
why-el 13y ago
Usually with loan words like this that are used enough, a spelling transformation is inevitable. I mean, I am sure voila itself is someone's pet peeve since its really "vois là". :)
mverwijs 13y ago
Unless it's a wordplay, like Wuala(.com).
- mintplant 13y ago
  Is that what that's supposed to be? I always pronounced it "Woo-allah" in my head.
  - mverwijs 13y ago
    I'm not sure if that's what it's supposed to be. But that's what I made of it. :)
coldtea 13y ago
Yep. And it's "per se" (Latin for: "in itself", "as it is") and not "per say" which doesn't mean anything at all.
tincholio 13y ago
I was going to say the same... except it's "voilà"
brianmcc 13y ago
I'd missed that initially; I'm amused that someone's gone all this time thinking "wala" is just a noise people make to indicate "done!"

maw 13y ago

Muphry's law strikes again!

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fabrice_d 13y ago

It's actually "voilà" in real French... :P

guiomie 13y ago
L'arroseur devient l'arrosé ... ahah
camus2 13y ago
ah , mais tout le monde peut se tromper,surtout avec le français, ou il est difficile de savoir comment un mot s'écrit tant qu'on ne l'a pas lu...
- tincholio 13y ago
  où ;)
- gulbrandr 13y ago
  Your french is pretty good!
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guelo 13y ago

Oh, that's what he meant.

gahahaha 13y ago

It almost makes sense if he meant "wallah" """Just sends a simple SMS/text and I promise by God, you are in.""" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallah_(Arabic) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallah_(Arabic) He didn't mean that of course...

kumarski 13y ago
hahahahahaha. I love this thread.
dorian-graph 13y ago
Another possible misunderstanding is that "wala" in Filipino means to be missing/absent. I was confused for a moment before I thought of "voila".

why-el 13y ago

Usually with loan words like this that are used enough, a spelling transformation is inevitable. I mean, I am sure voila itself is someone's pet peeve since its really "vois là". :)

mverwijs 13y ago

Unless it's a wordplay, like Wuala(.com).

mintplant 13y ago
Is that what that's supposed to be? I always pronounced it "Woo-allah" in my head.
- mverwijs 13y ago
  I'm not sure if that's what it's supposed to be. But that's what I made of it. :)

coldtea 13y ago

Yep. And it's "per se" (Latin for: "in itself", "as it is") and not "per say" which doesn't mean anything at all.

tincholio 13y ago

I was going to say the same... except it's "voilà"

brianmcc 13y ago

I'd missed that initially; I'm amused that someone's gone all this time thinking "wala" is just a noise people make to indicate "done!"