Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat's a phrase or saying that you learned from your parents that you don't hear others saying?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-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 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squaredandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months 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@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoYiddish actually: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oy_vey The Hebrew equivalent is oy vavoy.
minus-squareInterstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAh right. Should’ve known, but I wrote this comment at midnight.
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.
Ah right. Should’ve known, but I wrote this comment at midnight.