Showing posts with label whee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whee. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2015

we, wee, whee

We or we is the first person plural pronoun, standing for the speaker and at least one other person, as the subject of ( the actor in ) a sentence or part of a sentence--
We are going to the store; do you want anything?
It will be late when we get home.

Wee or wee ( rhymes with we ) is an old-fashioned word meaning tiny, or very small--
The old man liked to tell the children tales of the wee folk, who live underground.
"In the wee small hours of the morning..."

Whee or whee ( rhymes with we ) is a shout of physical excitement or glee, as expressed by a child--
Whee! Let's go down the slide again!
I like the merry-go-round! Whee!

Now that you know that, you can say--
"We always shout "whee" when we sled down the wee hill out back; to the children it's exciting."