‘Aiyoh’ Is Now Officially A Word In The Oxford English Dictionary. South Indians Rejoice!

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been the foremost authority when it comes to the English language all over the world. From a playing simple game of scrabble to the writing of academic papers, we always turn to the OED for any English related query. Well, your next game of scrabble just got a little more interesting, especially for the South Indians!

The Oxford English Dictionary just recognised ‘Aiyoh’ and ‘Aiyah’ as real words in English (South Indians rejoice!).

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Scrumdiddlyumptious (delicious) and yogasana are a few other words which were updated in the month of September.

 

Being about 150 years old and with over 600,000 entries, the Oxford English Dictionary is considered a ‘definitive record of the English language’.

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And now the word ‘Aiyoh’ is part of this definitive record!

I’m certainly not playing scrabble with a South Indian anytime soon! 😛

News Source: The Times Of India

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