https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 02:43:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621792 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:14:00 +0000 bunnylove08 621792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621791 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:13:04 +0000 NerdBee 621791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew. I've never seen whew used before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621754 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:56:56 +0000 lemondrop 621754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally I am a WOOOOO! girl. Just kidding that was what first came to my mind. I think I'm on team whew. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621743 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:51:52 +0000 Shutterbug 621743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always said phew, but recently I've been second guessing myself and have written whew a few times. This is a very timely thread for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621507 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:47:06 +0000 JerricaBenton 621507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>phew! pee-yooo for stinky things lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621458 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:36:18 +0000 mrs. wagon 621458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>phew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621415 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:30:56 +0000 prettylizy 621415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew for me! </p> <p>I just did talk to text on my galaxy and it wrote this :<br /> "phew that was crazy"</p> <p>If Google says it that way, then it must be true </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621407 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:29:28 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 621407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everything @MrsTiz: has said in this thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621406 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:29:18 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 621406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621393 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:27:01 +0000 mediagirl 621393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew!!</p> <p>I've never really heard whew? </p> <p>@MrsTiz: Yes. Pee-YEW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621379 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:24:38 +0000 .twist. 621379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew! and I agree with @MrsTiz: on the meaning of both phew &amp; whew. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621367 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:21:43 +0000 MrsTiz 621367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: "Pee-yew!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621366 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:21:38 +0000 Reese 621366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for phew! I think because of Archie Comics .. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621363 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:21:21 +0000 mrbee 621363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: Which one do you say when something smells awful? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621359 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:20:08 +0000 MrsTiz 621359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew to me is like, wiping your head sweat off while saying "Phew! That was tough!"</p> <p>Whew is like "Whew, that is crazy!"</p> <p>If that make sense? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621355 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:19:11 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 621355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm typing it out, I'd say "whew!" but I would pronounce it "phew!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621351 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:18:19 +0000 Meridian 621351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621342 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:16:18 +0000 Freckles 621342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say phew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621340 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:15:45 +0000 kiddosc 621340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say whew... I don't think I've ever seen someone use phew before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/grammar-nerds-alert-do-you-say-whew-or-phew#post-621334 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:14:51 +0000 mrbee 621334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is contested on the internet, ha!<br /> <a href="http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1391442" rel="nofollow">http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1391442</a></p> <p>I always used to say "phew" for everything, but I have a friend who uses exclusively "whew":</p> <p>We had a huge fight about it and aren't talking now... just kidding, neither of us cares that much. Would love to know definitively which word to use in which cases though!</p> <p>Do you say "whew" or "phew"? What's the difference? </p>