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och aye” scottish term meaning “oh yes
usually used in sentences like

“och aye the noo”

or scottish rhyming slang

“och aye the noo broon coo”

“och aye jock mckay”

or in non descript replies to questions like

“nice day isn’t it big man”
“the bairn’s are growing up fast”
“fancy a pint”

its not really used anymore except as a joke term or amongst older scot’s.

och like loch are unpr-nounceable by americans and canadians who say ock and lock. (b-st-rdisation of two lovely words) -shivers-

sometimes a simple “och aye” will come out with a contented exhale of breath. as in “all is well”
scottish colloquial expression.

generally used more in order to parody or caracature a scots-english accent than it is used in real usage by scottish people. particularly when combined with the suffix expression “the noo”.

technically, it means “oh yes”. but generally with an emphatic edge which would place it closer in meaning to “of course”. elevated pr-nounciation would infer the added in meaning of “isn’t it/that obvious?”.

the phrase itself is heavily susceptable to region variation of exact pr-nounciation.
q: “so are you wanting tae go tae the rugby on sat-rday?”
a: “och aye. widnae miss it like.”
n. 1. what the irish say after they’ve downed their nth gl-ss and are keeling over. 2. what frank mccourt’s father malachy used to say before lining the kids up to pledge allegance to ireland
och aye, laddie, fetch me another beer or else i’ll lay the paddle to yor -rs-!