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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ewijesekara" data-source="post: 25895858" data-attributes="member: 561877">ඕක සුදු මහත්තුරුන්ගේ වචනයක් ඕයි, ගොඩේ වෙන්නේ කොහොමද ඕයි? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":love2:" title="Love    :love2:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love2:" />Oi=Hi<a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/oi" target="_blank">https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/oi</a>used as a not very <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/polite" target="_blank">polite</a> way of getting someone's <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/attention" target="_blank">attention</a>, <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/especially" target="_blank">especially</a> when you are <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/angry" target="_blank">angry</a>:Oi! What do you <a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/think" target="_blank">think</a> you're doing?<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)</a>Oi <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank">/ɔɪ/</a> is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interjection" target="_blank">interjection</a> used in various varieties of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" target="_blank">English language</a>, particularly in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" target="_blank">British English</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-long-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-dic-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> as well as other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" target="_blank">Commonwealth</a> countries such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English" target="_blank">Australian English</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_English" target="_blank">Irish English</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English" target="_blank">New Zealand English</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_English" target="_blank">Singaporean English</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_English" target="_blank">South African English</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> The word is also common in the Indian subcontinent, where it has varied pronunciations of "O-ee" and "O-ye"."Oi" has been particularly associated with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_class" target="_blank">working class</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney" target="_blank">Cockney</a> speech.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> It is effectively a local pronunciation of "hoy"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_fricatives_and_affricates#H-dropping" target="_blank">H-dropping</a>), an older expression.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> A study of the Cockney dialect in the 1950s found that whether it was being used to call attention or as a challenge depended on its tone and abruptness. The study's author noted that the expression is "jaunty and self-assertive" as well as "intensely cockney".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a>A poll of non-English speakers by the British Council in 2004 found that "oi" was considered the 61st most beautiful word in the English language. A spokesman commented that "Oi is not a word that I would've thought turned up in English manuals all that often."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a> "Oi" was added to the list of acceptable words in US Scrabble in 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi_(interjection)#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a></blockquote>

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