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Posted On: August 28th 2025, 11:00 pm
People often say “Oy vey!” when something goes wrong, but did you know the word has ancient roots? 👀
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9 months agoradioscope1
Actually, Ashkenazim developed the peculiar quirk of pronouncing the “ō” sound as “oi”; so, “Oh” becomes “Oy”. The middle-high German pronunciation of “woe” is “veh”. The longer expression is, “Oy vey ist mir!”, or “Oh woe is me!” (“What misery has befallen me”.)
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