Hoe

[Mark A Mandel]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Page Stephens wrote:

#A friend of mine and I were driving one day in Cleveland, Ohio when we
#saw some graffiti which read as follows: Linda is a hoe.
#
#My friend who is from a rural area was totally puzzled by this until I
#explained to him that the word hoe meant whore.
#
#This is the only time I have seen this particular spelling although I
#have quite often seen the word spelled ho on the sides of buildings.
#
#I am guessing that both spellings are a triumph of phonics over
#knowledge of proper English spelling but I do not know.
#
#Can anyone tell me how the graffiti artists in their area of the world
#spell whore?

In NYC in the late sixties, upper west side, there was a graffito on W
104th St. "YOUR MOTHER IS A HO". That accurately reflects a common
pronunciation of the word.

-- Mark A. Mandel