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Do Brits actually say "Oy"?
When they said it in Snatch and that other Guy Ritcie film, I assumed it was a cartoonishly exaggerated version of British, as spoken by London criminals only. But recently, I've watched About a Boy, which also takes place somewhere in London. A girl in the film kept saying "Oy", and it wasn't regarded as comical or humorous at all.
That left me thinking, maybe Brits do speak that way. Maybe "Oy" is indeed a commonly-used term in England.
Any idea?
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