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The Mandarin version of Ng is sometimes romanized as Woo or Wu. In Vietnam, the corresponding surname is Ngô. In Cambodia, the corresponding surname is Oeng. [specify] A variant pronunciation for 黃/黄 in the Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien is (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ûiⁿ) and has various transliterations, such as Oei, Oey, Uy, and Wee.
Wu (or Woo or Wou) is also the Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname 胡 (Mandarin Hu), used in Hong Kong, and by overseas Chinese of Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangdong, Guangxi, and/or Hong Kong/Macau origin.
The term w00t (spelled with double-zero, "00"), or woot, [1] is a slang interjection used to express happiness or excitement, usually used in online conversation. The expression is most popular on forums, Usenet posts, multiplayer computer games (especially first-person shooters), IRC chats, and instant messages, though use in webpages of the World Wide Web is by no means uncommon.
Traditionally, in the case of a formal engagement, it is the role of a male to actively "court" or "woo" a female, thus encouraging her to understand him and her receptiveness to a marriage proposal. Courtship as a social practice is a relatively recent phenomenon, emerging only within the last few centuries.
The specific or proper name of this art is Tsoi Li Ho Fut Hung (蔡李何佛雄) and/or 5 Family Fist (五家拳). The name "Kung Fu San Soo" itself was chosen by Woo to simplify the pronunciation and meaning for American students, rather than using the complete names of the 5 families.
Calling the Hogs is a tradition of University of Arkansas students, alumni, and sports fans. The origin and date of first use are not known, [1] but is said to have started in the 1920s when people attempted to encourage a Razorback football team that was losing. [2]
Daewoo Motors (/ ˈ d eɪ w uː / DAY-woo) was a South Korean automotive company established in 1937 as "National Motors". The company changed its name several times until 1982 when it became "Daewoo Motors" following its acquisition by the Daewoo Group.
World of Outlaws, or WoO, an American motorsports sanctioning body; WOO, a callsign of the AT&T High Seas Service; WOO (Philadelphia), a 1920s broadcasting station "Woooo!", a catchphrase of wrestler Ric Flair; Wool railway station, Dorset, England, station code WOO; The Woo (restaurant), a Korean restaurant in New York City, United States