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Swap swop

26 replies

Fiddlesticky · 25/01/2022 23:23

They're interchangeable, aren't they? You can swap them. They are swappable. They can be swapped. But I don't like it being spelled with an 'o'. It just looks silly. Especially typed as swoppable or swopped. Please could everyone just use swap? Thank you.

That is all.

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MrsEricBana · 25/01/2022 23:25

I don't think swop is a thing.

DropYourSword · 25/01/2022 23:25

No I didn't think they were interchangeable!
Swap is correct. Swop I assumed was just a misspelling.

Hairyfriend · 25/01/2022 23:26

I didn't realise swop was even a word?

NetballHoop · 25/01/2022 23:26

It's swap for me. I'd be giving you my best Paddington stare if you used an o.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 25/01/2022 23:27

1970s child. Swap all the way. The BBC used it.

AAAAAGHH · 25/01/2022 23:28

Nope not interchangeable.
The word is Swap.
The other word with an 'O' is not a word.

asnippersdream · 25/01/2022 23:30

Swop is a variant of swap. An old, rarely used variant.

ShowOfHands · 25/01/2022 23:31

I remember googling after reading it on here and finding out that swop is a variant spelling. I'd assumed it was incorrect.

See also wuss Vs woos.

asnippersdream · 25/01/2022 23:32

Here...

Swap swop
Fiddlesticky · 25/01/2022 23:33

I see it every now and again and it bugs me. It shouldn't, I should woman up and let it pass.

It is a proper word.

It just looks so wrong.

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 25/01/2022 23:34

It’s either🤷‍♀️ Swap/swop no difference in meaning

Fiddlesticky · 25/01/2022 23:35

Yes, @asnippersdream. And an official Scrabble word.

It bugs me way more than it should do.

Swap swop
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whiteworldgettingwhiter · 25/01/2022 23:38

You lot posting on here and being confident that swop is not an option, have you checked a dictionary?? Lexico has swap, with swop as an option.

Honestly... please check a dictionary or style guide before you post on here!!

DramaAlpaca · 25/01/2022 23:38

Swop is an acceptable variant but it's rarely used these days. I much prefer swap; I agree swop looks odd.

Fiddlesticky · 25/01/2022 23:39

I know it's a word I just don't like looking at it 😁

I am trying to be less irritable.

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YourVagesty · 25/01/2022 23:46

'Swop' just isn't right, fucks with my chi.

Yanbu OP.

Rovinonmars · 25/01/2022 23:52

I HATE swop. Thought it was just me.

breakdown19 · 26/01/2022 08:53

@ShowOfHands

I remember googling after reading it on here and finding out that swop is a variant spelling. I'd assumed it was incorrect.

See also wuss Vs woos.

Wuss is a wimp? Woos is what Romeo does to Juliet?
ShowOfHands · 26/01/2022 09:57

Autocorrect! Should be wuss Vs woose.

Tullig · 26/01/2022 10:14

@ShowOfHands

I remember googling after reading it on here and finding out that swop is a variant spelling. I'd assumed it was incorrect.

See also wuss Vs woos.

Wuss vs woos????
PattyPan · 26/01/2022 10:19

Swop is outdated - I think I read it in Adrian Mole and just put it down with the rest of the dated references.

FrecklesMalone · 26/01/2022 10:51

@YourVagesty

'Swop' just isn't right, fucks with my chi.

Yanbu OP.

Chi fucks with my Qi. 😁
ShowOfHands · 26/01/2022 12:32

@Tullig see the post above yours.

Swap Vs swop
Wuss Vs woose

I assumed swap and wuss were correct and saw the others on here and assumed an error, but they're variants.

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 26/01/2022 12:35

I don't think I like woose. Looking at it, I want to pronounce it like moose. Grin

FayCarew · 09/03/2022 16:39

Swap.

Swot or Swat?

Swat a fly and class swot