16 Jul
2015
16 Jul
'15
11:15 p.m.
Scripsit Dave Horsfall:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015, John Cowan wrote:
It represents a phonetic respelling of Yiddish "vey iz mir", corresponding
etymologically to German "Weh ist mir" and English "woe is me", but
more
idiomatically to "Oh, no!", expressing despair.
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The punning pseudonym,
Call me slow, but can someone please explain the joke? If it's American
humo[u]r, then remember that I'm British/Australian...