Are you hilarious or hysterical?

It's been a while since I've posted something for the Word Nerds. I came across this one twice today; I think it's a sign.

When something is really funny, it's hilarious.

When a person "exhibits overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess," that person is hysterical. (From Greek hysterikos, from hystera - womb - from the Greek notion that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus - but you knew that, right?)

Here's another one for you. Have you seen the way "voila" (or "voilà") is butchered in writing? I think the most common spelling is "wahlah", but I've also seen "wa lah" and "wa la." Do people really think "wahlah" is a word? What language might that come from? Maybe Native American, from the spelling. . .

Even if you're not writing it, but only using it in speech, it's pronounced vwä-'lä. Listen to the pronunciation.

Ahhh. Feels good to get that off my chest.

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