from typing import List


def get_words(title: str) -> List[str]:
    """
    Get the list of words from a string (e.g. sentence, phrase, etc.)

    Parameters:
    ----------
    `title`: str
        The string to split into words (sentence, phrase, etc.)

    Returns:
    -------
    List of words from string
    """
    buffer = []
    word_buffer = ""
    for char in title:
        if char.isalpha():
            word_buffer += char
        elif word_buffer:
            buffer.append(word_buffer)
            word_buffer = ""

    if word_buffer:
        buffer.append(word_buffer)
    return buffer