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To: csvset; txhurl; AllAmericanGirl44

csvset wrote:

“Oi (interjection)
Interjections! Schoolhouse Rock

Oi or Oy in Korean is practically a fighting word, as it is considered very rude to address someone in this manner.”

Oy is also short for Oy gevalt, a yiddish term.


1,276 posted on 08/13/2019 8:39:29 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

44 knkws exactly what ‘she’ was interjecting.


1,280 posted on 08/13/2019 8:43:57 PM PDT by txhurl (whoa)
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To: WildHighlander57

I always thought of “oy” in the British usage like we say “hey!” over here....


1,308 posted on 08/13/2019 9:57:41 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
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