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"Woe Is Me", from musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee "Woe Is Me" (1956), The Cadillacs, Esther Navarro "Woe Is Me" (1963), Helen Shapiro, Sharon Sheeley, Jackie De Shannon "Woe Is Me" (1965), Ray Kimble and the Flaming Embers "Woe Is Me" (1973), Woe Is Me", Bobby Lee Trammell "Woe Is Me" (1979), Spike Milligan and Ed Welch
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According to etymologist Douglas Harper, the phrase is derived from Yiddish and is of Germanic origin. [4] It is cognate with the German expression o weh, or auweh, combining the German and Dutch exclamation au! meaning "ouch/oh" and the German word Weh, a cognate of the English word woe (as well as the Dutch wee meaning pain).
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The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (abbreviated AHD) uses a phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet to transcribe the pronunciation of spoken English. It and similar respelling systems, such as those used by the Merriam-Webster and Random House dictionaries, are familiar to US schoolchildren.