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Swoe vs Sjoe - What's the difference?

swoe | sjoe |

As a noun swoe

is a kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.

As an interjection sjoe is

whew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.

swoe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges.
  • * 1966 , The Rose Annual
    • I approached the new light hoes, swoes and other garden tools with some degree of scepticism, feeling that weight aided the cutting down operation. After two summers I am quite converted, especially as I am two years older.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 26, author=Anne Raver, title=Recognizing Those Who Keep Brooklyn in Bloom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=(She told me I must buy a swoe , a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.) }}

    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.