Ironboots
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 09:48 AM |
What is Oi? (or Oy, or Oui, or any other incarnation) Itīs been
in my vocabulary of exclamations for a very long time ( Guy:"Hey, we have a
test today" Me:"Oui..." I spell it Oui...) But I donīt know what it means,
nor where it came from, besides that it rolls out the mouth well. And I know its a band...
Enlighten me? ____________________ Piggy's got the Conch! |
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DevilBunny
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 11:01 AM |
If Iīm not mistaken thatīs simply "yes" in French. ____________________
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Abbadon
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 12:01 PM |
A country so intelligent it canīt count to 1. ____________________ Light is changing to shadow, and casting a shroud over all we have known. |
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Poison
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 12:21 PM |
lol!!! ... mais, oui ____________________ Whips and Kisses for all who dare taste me,
Poison |
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DarkTigress
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 01:41 PM |
Depends on which kind of īouiī you mean... either you mean Oui [we] which
is yes in french... or you mean Oy [ooi] which is a hebrew word like īohī
almost, I think... ____________________ ~The World Can Continue It's Excistence Without Mankind... But What Happens
To The Mankind When The Earth Is Gone?~ |
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Riggy
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 05:51 PM |
Yeah... thatīs the two i can think of that make sense. I just say "Oy" a
lot for, like you said, just a stupid phrase i picked up somewhere. Then
thereīs always "Oivey"... ____________________ I haven't lost my mind. I KICKED it out a long time ago. |
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 2/4/2002 at 10:48 PM |
Thatīs OK, Abbadon. Nothing like someone so intelligent he canīt tell one
person from a country. ____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism" |
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Devin
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posted on 3/4/2002 at 08:35 AM |
Thereīs also Oi (pronounced ohy, not wee), which is punk for "Here, have
some testosterone" ____________________ So Sayeth Me |
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Monolycus
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posted on 3/4/2002 at 08:47 AM |
Oy! Etymology! Actually, the "Oy!" exclamation is not Hebrew, but
Yiddish. It is borrowed from the Old High German "Oy, Weh!" (Literally:
"Oh, Pain/Grief/Misery/Sorrow") and has become the modern rabbinical chant
of "Oy, veh!" meaning approximately "Crap, not this again!"
I think it might just be one of those sounds that is hardwired into
our autonomic nervous systems. For instance, if you walk up behind a
non-English speaker and smack them in the back of the head with a rolled-up
newspaper (in the name of science, of course), they will generally all say
something that sounds suspiciously like "Ow!" before they begin issuing
threats to you in their native tongues. Hope this has helped! I am
~Monolycus. ____________________ "I believe that woman is planning to shoot me again." |
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darclight
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posted on 3/4/2002 at 06:24 PM |
i must be a prodigy...i almost made it to three once... ____________________ we lie embraced in the arms of dawn
the fading echoes of pointless time
surely we're not allowed to die... |
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Ironboots
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 893 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 4/4/2002 at 09:37 AM |
*begins smacking people with rolled-up newspapers - in the name of science*
Are you an etymologist or what? You seem
well-grounded in it.
But thanks for the information...
all of you, including Abbadon, dear Abbadon. ____________________ Piggy's got the Conch! |
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Monolycus
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posted on 4/4/2002 at 06:45 PM |
No, I am not an etymologist, but I play one on T.V. ( I decided to forego
the cunning linguist joke because it is predictable, and I am nay so
cunning as all that).
Actually, I majored in
Anthropology. ____________________ "I believe that woman is planning to shoot me again." |
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darclight
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posted on 5/4/2002 at 12:06 AM |
hmm...anyone here an entomologist? ____________________ we lie embraced in the arms of dawn
the fading echoes of pointless time
surely we're not allowed to die... |
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DarkTigress
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posted on 6/4/2002 at 03:46 PM |
*Instantly starts smacking people aswell* Anthropology? *thinks I
know what it is* Isnīt that quite interesting? ____________________ ~The World Can Continue It's Excistence Without Mankind... But What
Happens
To The Mankind When The Earth Is Gone?~ |
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Monolycus
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posted on 7/4/2002 at 10:20 AM |
Starting to stray a little off-topic, so I will be brief. Anthropology is
the study of human beings. I never took a course in any branch of
anthropology (Physical, Cultural, Archaeology, Linguistics) in which
someone did not sit bolt upright halfway through the semester and announce
with enormous conviction that "THIS IS BORING!" To be entirely fair, the
suffix "-ology" denotes "the study of" and its presence at the end of a
noun is enough to conclude that all the fun has been sucked out of whatever
is being discussed.
Just so that I can not be accused
of straying entirely off-topic now... OY! Incidentally, my rolled-up
newspaper experiments have so far produced 6 "Ows!", two "Ays!" (one of
which was followed with an "ai-yi!") and a bruised rib (What do old French
women carry in their purses anyway? Cinder blocks?). All you junior
scientists out there please submit your results here for peer review before
racing out to meet with your publisher. I am,
your
faithful friend,
~Monolycus ____________________ "I believe that woman is planning to shoot me again." |
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 7/4/2002 at 07:59 PM |
Devin and mono are both right. There are "oi" bands, and lots of rabis and
punks share that quirky expression. Maybe it was started by a jewish punk
kid in the 80īs...weīll never know..
Smacking with
newspapers "in the name of science"...I smell bored troublemakers.... ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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callei
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 759 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 7/4/2002 at 09:49 PM |
It is also british for "yo!" as in "yo baby wzzup?"or "here there!"as in
"hey there, what are you doing with that gun on this belltower?" ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and vampires
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Monolycus
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posted on 8/4/2002 at 04:26 PM |
While we are at it, Iīve been wondering what the heck "Boo-Yah" is supposed
to mean. ____________________ "I believe that woman is planning to shoot me again." |
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goathead
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posted on 8/4/2002 at 04:31 PM |
you mean as in "boo-ya-kasha"? i dunno, i think that guy ali g says it all
the time.. no friggin idea what it means tho.. ____________________ All your base are belong to ME!!! |
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posted on 8/4/2002 at 10:56 PM |
Whatīs hella supposed to mean? My blond sister uses it quite often and
manages to convey so many different meanings with it...
Me a troublemaker? Riight, like you think someone with no ears is
capable of creating trouble...always blaming the guy with no
ears...sheesh...are you not ashamed of yourselves...(are you convinced that
I, such bearer of the highest morals of humanity in innocent of all crimes
including the one time that I "supposedly" would do something like taking a
ninety degree turn at ninety miles an hour on a dirt road?) Please, oh,
please say "of course not, you are but the perfect reincarnation of
lawfulness"...and if you buy that Iīve got a million dollars to sell to you
in return for one million, million dollars...
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edited by: Zalosisae on 2002-04-08 23:00 ] ____________________
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