Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi

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"Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi", also spelt "Ozzie", is a cheer often used at Australian sport events. When the cheer is being done, it usually is performed by a whole crowd, uniting together to cheer on their favourite sports team. The alternate is for an individual to chant the "Aussie, Aussie Aussie!" with the crowd responding.

The full version, as heard prior a free outdoor concert at the time of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and quoted by Luba Vangelova of CNNSI,[1] is as follows:-

Man: "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!"
Crowd: "Oi! Oi! Oi!"
Man, again: "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!"
Crowd: "Oi! Oi! Oi!"
Man: "Aussie!"
Crowd: "Oi!"
Man: "Aussie!"
Crowd: "Oi!"
Man (much faster): "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!"
Crowd (equally fast): "Oi! Oi! Oi!"

The chant gained popularity from the time of Sydney's Olympic bid and was widely used from the onset of the Olympic Games, being heard at many public entertainment venues, and also on public transport.

According to Stephen Alomes, a professor of Australian studies at Deakin University, the chant represents "enthusiasm for the tribe" and a "celebration of 'us'", but at the extreme may act as a symbol of xenophobia.[2]

A chant of similar form, Oggie Oggie Oggie, has been used by football crowds in Britain for many years and is though to have its origins in Cornwall or Scotland where the chant was used by women to call men from the mines for meals, the word "oggie" referring to a pasty. An Englishman Ron Knox is said to have used the "Oggie" chant while playing for the Box Hill Rugby Club in Melbourne in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, the chant was popularised by the Welsh comedian and football fan, Max Boyce. [1] This origin of the Australian version of the chant is occasionally disputed.[3]

In 2004, a Melbourne couple, inspired by a Dick Smith campaign supporting Australian-made products, registered the phrase as an official trademark in an effort to protect it from overseas exploitation.[4]

The chant was used frequently at the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event to cheer on eventual champion Joe Hachem.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Luba Vangelova, Oi, Oi, Oy, CNN Sports Illustrated, Wednesday September 27, 2000 [1]
  2. ^ "More than a game". The Age. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
  3. ^ Aussie 'Oggie, Oi' chant introduced by Englishman - Ananova
  4. ^ "Oi, Oi, Oi. What's this?". The Age. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
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