Anonymous
Post 06/21/2023 16:58     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
I am so curious how this post came back up after 2 years. Like did someone actually run a search on the word "shew"??
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2023 16:54     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Whew. East Coast (north and mid atlantic)

Who the hell uses "Shew?" Are they trying to get flies and gnats away from them??
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2023 16:52     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Not OP, but I've heard "shew" or something similar before! Maybe reading old comic strips?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2023 16:33     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
From east NC near Camp Lejeune. Many folks local use “shew” for both whew and phew. Many.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:56     Subject: Re:Phew, Whew or Shew
Wtf is “shew”?! Is it for people who refer to Meemaw?
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:48     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Grew up in northern va. Phew means something stinks really badly. Whew is a huge sigh of relief. Shew is from another party of the country, also a sigh of relief.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:40     Subject: Re:Phew, Whew or Shew
I use "shoo". I've never seen it spelled "shew".
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:30     Subject: Re:Phew, Whew or Shew
I don't use any of them. Midwestern roots, grew up in New England and have been in the DMV for 30+ years.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2021 09:14     Subject: Re:Phew, Whew or Shew
I’m from southern VA and we use “sheeew” to show relief. “Sheew, dodged a bullett on that one right there”
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2020 17:10     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Anonymous wrote:Shew (pshew? shoo?) is definitely a thing I heard growing up/used. Very colloquial, never would have written it. A light-hearted exclamation similar to "whew" but maybe without the connotation of "relief" as mentioned by PPs.

"Shew, that is one big pile of dirty laundry to wash."

Grew up in NC.


Did anyone besides your family use that term? I've spent a lot of time in the south, including NC, and never heard anything like that. I suppose it could be some kind of variation of "Sho Nuff", which is very common.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2020 09:58     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Shew (pshew? shoo?) is definitely a thing I heard growing up/used. Very colloquial, never would have written it. A light-hearted exclamation similar to "whew" but maybe without the connotation of "relief" as mentioned by PPs.

"Shew, that is one big pile of dirty laundry to wash."


Grew up in NC.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2020 09:56     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Anonymous wrote:Pshew is still not a thing.

PSHAW!


Or Sheesh!
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2020 09:54     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Pshew is still not a thing.

PSHAW!
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2020 09:53     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
Anonymous wrote:Shew? Pshaw.

LOL
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2020 08:22     Subject: Phew, Whew or Shew
I asked my parents about shew, since that's what I grew up saying... they said I was spelling it wrong - pshew. I grew up in Cincinnati.