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Sjoe vs Soe - What's the difference?

sjoe | soe |

As an interjection sjoe

is whew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.

As a noun soe is

a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.

sjoe

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (South Africa) whew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.
  • * 2005 , Alan Brand, Positively Alive (page 25)
    • We open the front door after switching off the alarms and unlocking the security gates and sigh with relief, "Sjoe , it's still all here!", relieved to find that we have not become a crime statistic, another victim.
  • * 2007 , Heinrich Troost, Plot Loss (page 14)
    • 'Sjoe , it's coming down hard, eh? It's fantastic,' she shouts and discharges an exuberant giggle. They run along the side of the house onto a big covered veranda, an entertainment area from where they can see the rain sifting down in sheets
  • * 2011 , Beverley Naidoo, Aesop's Fables (page 20)
    • Sjoe , it was still alive! As the young man turned to pick up his stick to beat it, the snake spat its poison into the man's water gourd before slithering away.

    soe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
    • " no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe -fuls"
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