16 wrote:
language is quite funny sometimes. australians say oi as well. is mostly sports fans. like when they go aussie aussie oi oi oi. sometimes oy oy oy. so can know what you mean about how it can mean different things
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in sl if someone says oi to me then i just chat: brasil? most times they say when they are so i take them to the brasil helpy sim. same like when i meet spanish or german or italian. sometimes meet russians and other east europeans. lots of chinese, arab and indian people on sl now as well. more than before anyways. is quite good to meet all the different kinds of people
I'm Aussie...well, just one Aussie, so can't speak for all our diversity. Aussies say "oy" sometimes...and it's used as a pull-up..as in "Oy! You can't do that!"..."Oy! Thats mine..get yer bleedin' hands orf it!"..."Oy! That's my sheila....git yer own!" (joking by now, hopefully obviously)...
"Aussie aussie aussie oy oy oy" is a bit of a corporate/IOC mantra, and I don't know any Aussie who would say that. If they do, they probably also drink Fosters and like it. True Proper Aussie sports fans only say "Carn the Power!!!!!" and "Drink Coopers!" and we all know that.