ach y fi (was: CHAT Starbucks (was: Hymn to Ikea etc.))

Michael Poxon wrote:

> Yes it is /a:x@vi:/ or /a:xVvi:/ meaning something that you say when you
> throw your hands up in despair. "Oh no!" "My goodness" or whatever.
> Literally it's "Oh the me!"
Very reminiscent of Spanish "¡Ay de mí!" and French? Italian? literary
"ahimé" 'alas'.  Do other languages have such close correspondences? Did
Latin, or might this be a Celticism???  Just _speculans_.

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