# Poll: "USA! USA!" vs "Aussie Aussie Aussie, OI OI OI!" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659 "2005-12-02T01:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/1 "2005-12-02T01:57:15Z")
Which is more profoundly irritating? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/2 "2005-12-02T02:05:21Z")
Being irritated by people cheering for their country. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/3 "2005-12-02T02:08:06Z")
I don’t know why those Aussies insist on chanting in Yiddish. It doesn’t sound quite right. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/4 "2005-12-02T02:10:40Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Which is more profoundly irritating? Which? A bunch of Kiwis, snickering on the sidelines. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/5 "2005-12-02T02:40:01Z")
Wouldn’t that be Oi, oi, vey! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/6 "2005-12-02T02:41:13Z")
What did they win? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/7 "2005-12-02T03:36:18Z")
I _like_ “OI OI OI!”. Reminds me of the Cockney Rejects. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/8 "2005-12-02T03:40:16Z")
I always thought they were cheering Black Sabbath’s lead singer. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/9 "2005-12-02T03:40:32Z")
I think that ‘USA! USA! USA!’ is more offensive. But then, I’m an American. My impression of Australians is that they’re like Americans who don’t take themselves too seriously. I think we do take ourselves too seriously and when I hear the ‘USA!’ chant it sounds more sinister to me. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/10 "2005-12-02T03:53:28Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Which is more profoundly irritating? “We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to it!” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/11 "2005-12-02T03:55:15Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > What did they win? Australian Joseph Hachem won the World Series of Poker main event this year. Every time he won a big pot (and sometimes when he just forced everyone else to fold with a bet) about two dozen of his countrymen would start in with the Aussie Aussie Aussie business. Which is where I first heard and was irritated by the chant. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/12 "2005-12-02T03:58:08Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Australian Joseph Hachem won the World Series of Poker main event this year. Every time he won a big pot (and sometimes when he just forced everyone else to fold with a bet) about two dozen of his countrymen would start in with the Aussie Aussie Aussie business. Which is where I first heard and was irritated by the chant. Just be thankful you didn’t live through the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. That’s where this thing first took off (it’s stolen from a British football club originally, I believe). It is mightily irritating, I agree. Only ever heard the “USA! USA!” one on _The Simpsons_, so it doesn’t bother me that much, but might were I subjected to it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/13 "2005-12-02T03:58:12Z")
I’m going with “USA! USA!” I like the word “oi” too much to be bothered by the Australians. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/14 "2005-12-02T04:01:09Z")
It sounds like you’re thinking of it in the terms of Conan the Barbarian saying “Og Smash!” and Mr Magoo saying “Og Smash!”. Depending on perspective, one sounds more frightening than the other. Even if the message is the same. \*Note to our Aussie friends, that was an extreme reach. Don’t take it too seriously. 😉 And allow me to say an Aussie can be every bit as formidable in a brawl inspired by pride in their nation. Many times even more so since nationalized health care means fewer of their nuts are medicated. Now can we focus on the real scourge of chants? “Ooo-le! Ole! Ole! Ole!” That’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/15 "2005-12-02T07:47:00Z")
Both, but if I had to choose, I’d go with the Aussie one. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/16 "2005-12-02T09:10:06Z")
Both make sense as chants off support for your country. So I’m nominating and voting for “IN THE HOLE!” bellowed by 20 morons when Tiger’s just hit one off the toe end of the club and the ball is heading wide of the bunkers that surround the green. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/17 "2005-12-02T10:01:29Z")
Surely it’s Oggi, Oggi Oggi, Oy, Oy, Oy? Or at least it is when the Welsh use it. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/18 "2005-12-02T10:04:53Z")
The Aussie one isn’t even original - I heard it in Wales (as _oggie_) in the 70s. “In the hole” is pretty bad - just slightly better than whistling with Cyclops or yelling “'Ball” when Murali bowls. I never get sick of “You’re going home in the back of a divvy van”, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ally\_Pecia\_Arthur\_Ritus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Ally\_Pecia\_Arthur\_Ritus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ally_Pecia_Arthur_Ritus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/19 "2005-12-02T10:45:42Z")
…“Jerry Jerry”… causes vaso vagal spasm “oi oi” is cringe worthy in it’s overuse. “usa” is on my last nerve because it makes me feel under attack. what do the residents of switzerland chant? “swiss swiss” sounds lispy and gay. aaah - the sweet white noise of jingoism ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659/20 "2005-12-02T10:54:55Z")
> [@Ally Pecia & Arthur Ritus](#): > > what do the residents of switzerland chant? “swiss swiss” sounds lispy and gay. Maybe they chant “Helvetians! Helvetians!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-usa-usa-vs-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/333659.md?page=2)