Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat's a phrase or saying that you learned from your parents that you don't hear others saying?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a phrase or saying that you learned from your parents that you don't hear others saying?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agonever heard other families say “oy vey” growing up. As an adult I learned it’s a Jewish saying, and I asked my mom if we are Jewish and she just said no, lol
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 days agoYiddish actually: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy_vey The Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy.
never heard other families say “oy vey” growing up. As an adult I learned it’s a Jewish saying, and I asked my mom if we are Jewish and she just said no, lol
lol, Hebrew?
Yiddish actually:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy_vey
The Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy.