Wor vs Woz - What's the difference?
wor | woz |
(Geordie) Regional variant of our.
Intentional or eye-dialect misspelling of was.
* {{quote-book, 1893, ,
, passage="You woz' saying," said the farmer, with slow, matter of fact, New England deliberation, "ez how you guessed you '''woz''' beguiled amongst the Injins by your Mexican partner, a pow'ful influential man, and yet you ' woz the only one escaped the gen'ral slarterin'. }}
* {{quote-book, 1894, , Discords
, passage='If she woz mine' - tapping a brick - 'I'd bash 'er 'ed in!'}}
* {{quote-book, 2002, , Country of the Blind, page=343
, passage=We woz robbed, Brian. }}
As nouns the difference between wor and woz
is that wor is large bag, sack while woz is wagon (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads).As a verb woz is
.wor
English
Pronoun
- If ye gannin out the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy
Derived terms
* wor kid (Geordie) * wor lass (Geordie)Anagrams
* English first person pronounswoz
English
Verb
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