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> The interwebs have taught me that Oi can often be followed with "you what, mate?!* Only in Britan. In Australia it's usually "oi, dickhead" or - in a call an
by averageRoyalty 3y ago
> The interwebs have taught me that Oi can often be followed with "you what, mate?!*
Only in Britan. In Australia it's usually "oi, dickhead" or - in a call and response format "oi", "what, dickhead?".
- wrboyce 3y ago“You what, mate?” is fairly aggressive, it immediately makes me think of some dickhead in a pub taking offence to someone and looking to escalate to a physical confrontation (I’m British). Unrelated but “oi, dickhead” is what I shout at my cat when he tries to climb the Christmas tree for the nth time that day.