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"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events. It is a variation of the "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oi oi oi" chant used by both soccer and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards. It is usually performed by a crowd uniting to support a sports team or athlete. The alternate is for an ...
The Oggy Oggy Oggy chant (alternatively spelt Oggie Oggie Oggie or Ogi Ogi Ogi), and its variations, are often heard at sporting events, political rallies and around numerous Scout and Guide campfires, primarily in Britain and some Commonwealth nations. One group will shout Oggy three times, while another will respond with Oi! three times.
Oggy and the Cockroaches, a franchise and the name of a long-running popular animated slapstick series Oggy Oggy, a spinoff focusing on Oggy made for younger audiences; Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation, a reboot of the original series for the same age range as the original (around 6 to 14)
2 Aussie use of the chant. 1 comment. 3 Use in Melbourne private secondary schools. ... 6 Cornish miners and Oggy Oggy Oggy. 3 comments. 7 commericial or video in the ...
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One possible theory for the origin of the chant stems from Cornwall. An Oggy is a slang term for a Cornish pasty and the tin miner's wives would shout "Oggy Oggy Oggy" when delivering pasties to their husbands. In the 1970s the Welsh folk singer and commedian Max Boyce popularised the chant in order to excite the crowd at his concerts.
This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang , have become widely used in other varieties of English , and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.