On O vs. Oh!

[lhynard]

another minor English language pet peeve of mine

Comments

[ubersecret]

Oh, Jason! You and your vocative particles!

[dogs_n_rodents]

"O J____, dost thou want of any ethyl ester of acetic acid from the chamber of alchemical storage?"

LMAO!!! That struck me as oddly hilarious!

[earthminor]

I also laughed. :)

[panache62]

i didn't know that! but now it'll drive me crazy too! thanks a lot. (jk!)

From Scott Olson

[anonymous]

Wow. You make me glad I got a "c" in English!

Isn't "O how I..." correct?

[ext_179656]

Isn't there an implied person who's the object of the "O" in "O how I melt from the ethylbutylene you apply to me"? (I didn't major in either chemistry or English.) What I'm saying is that I think this is like saying,

"O Yorick! How I melt..."

Re: Isn't "O how I..." correct?

[lhynard]

I suppose that's possible, but I don't think so.

Re: Isn't "O how I..." correct?

[ext_179656]

This is one of my pet peeves, too. But I searched "O vs. oh" because I typed a sentence "O for the day when we'll need the sanctuary for a missions prayer meeting!" and wasn't sure it was right.
I know of a hymn, "O for a Heart to Praise my God" written by Charles Wesley. Surely HE used the word correctly! How does that fit in with your distinction?

Re: Isn't "O how I..." correct?

[ext_179656]

I have been teaching this lesson to my best friend, who is a WONDERFUL writer and is getting better and better at grammar, and she was shocked. She didn't know there were two different words!
It's great to be able to point to a single Bible verse which uses both!
Psalm 7:9
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous --
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God!