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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday April 26 2018, @09:02PM (8 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday April 26 2018, @09:02PM (#672318) Journal

    The poll seems like a joke of European origin to me. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=oi [urbandictionary.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:16PM (7 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday April 26 2018, @10:16PM (#672352)

    Yeah, Nah is a Kiwi expression meaning no, but in a non-confrontational sort of way. (It may certainly be used by others)

    Oi is used in most English (UK) speaking countries, as far as I am aware to mean "hey". Europeans will have a French (or German, or Dutch etc) equivalent I would imagine.

    "Oi mate, you comin' to the rugby tomorrow"?

    "Dunno, who's playin' "

    "Blues are playin' the Jaguares"

    "Yeah, nah".

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @05:05PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @05:05PM (#672656)

      Nah, nah is just regular english-language slang in my experience. The only native-english non-usains I've met are educated professionals who don't use slang, but it's pretty common in the US otherwise. Oi is definitely a british thing though.

      • (Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Saturday April 28 2018, @08:08AM (5 children)

        by Dr Spin (5239) on Saturday April 28 2018, @08:08AM (#672947)

        I am British and live in London.

        Oi is a very rude way of saying "Hey, you over there!" unless speaking to Brazillians, in which case, it possibly slightly less rude.

        I certainly would not recommend anyone I know going to the USA until Trump, the NRA and the TSA are abolished, and not even then if Black.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 28 2018, @02:53PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 28 2018, @02:53PM (#673028)

          Really, now is the best time ever to be black in America. People are more cautious of racism than ever before, to the point of being polite and tolerant. Pop culture is dominated by blacks, suburbs aren't all white anymore so kids grow up around black people, and police everywhere know that if they get out of line they will end up on social media and probably out of a job. Don't let the narrative fool you, black is the thing to be right now. Being white is totally not cool, being black is automatically cool.

        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:24PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 02 2018, @04:24PM (#674632) Journal

          I expect that people will stop being black, before the TSA is abolished.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 08 2018, @07:24PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 08 2018, @07:24PM (#677147)

          That's fair. I wouldn't recommend going to Britain until all the pedos (Muslim and non-Muslim) are cleared out. So, never.

        • (Score: 2) by bart9h on Thursday May 17 2018, @07:08PM

          by bart9h (767) on Thursday May 17 2018, @07:08PM (#680841)

          To Brazilians, "oi" means "hi" (as in hello, not high). So, not rude at all.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 19 2018, @08:25AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 19 2018, @08:25AM (#681545)

          In oz Oi! is generally said in a fairly sharp tone, but is more of an attention getter than rude.
          You might yell "OI! Watch out for that car" to some idiot who was about to step into traffic without looking.