*smacks hand on forehead*
That's why I immediately understood Jeff's oy vey. It's oh weh in German. Guess I'm a bit slow-witted today
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Sure enough! Because Yiddish is actually descended from Old and Middle High German (you can look it up).
All those wonderful "sch" words in Yiddish come from the German.
Among my people, the
Pennsylvania Germans,
Oi is as common an exclamation as it is in Yiddish (but note the different spelling).
Oi anyhow would kinda be the Pennsylvania German equivalent of
Sure enough!Hey what a cool idea...let's re-write the script...Yiddish style...now that's funny...I don't care who ya are! ![laugh :laugh:](http://bettermost.net/forum/Smileys/cowboy/laugh.gif)
You mean like this, Scott? "You'll like workin' for Roy Taylor. He's a mensch."
![Grin ;D](http://bettermost.net/forum/Smileys/cowboy/grin.gif)