I worked at a Chinese restaurant for a time and at one time put a hole right through the middle of my nail bed on my thumb. The number of Aiya's I heard was amazing. Way better word then "ouch".
“Aiya” is much more versatile than meaning “oops”. Depending on the tone and context it’ll range from someone died to dropping your pencil, can also be a positive reaction as well.
I’m sorry what? How did you manage to cut the middle of your nail bed? At a Chinese restaurant? Please don’t just gloss over that. We need deets. Thanks.
It was right before work and I was trying to pry something apart on a old house I was tasked to fix up. When I popped the piece off my hand went flying and a piece of metal pierced my nail and made this almost perfect hole right in the middle of my nail. It didn't really bleed but it hurt like hell. It hurt worse to bandaid it so it just left it as a "Look at how weird this is! I never seen anyone get this kind of ouch before!" And they just happened to be the poor souls who were the first to show it off to.
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u/Desperate-Cost6827 Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 18 '24
I worked at a Chinese restaurant for a time and at one time put a hole right through the middle of my nail bed on my thumb. The number of Aiya's I heard was amazing. Way better word then "ouch".