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ManuelKiessling 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Origins of Yiddish (2014)

Pretty sure it has to “oy vey”.

It’s also a good example: it’s easy to understand for me because in German, “oh weh!” is a very common phrase.

woodruffw 4 months ago [–]

“Veh” is an attested but less common spelling, so it doesn’t have to be “vey.”

(The “official” YIVO transliterations are not widely used, in practice.)

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