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minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·7 个月前“Ope” is a common exclamation in Minnesota as an expression of a very Midwestern accent. The meme example is “Ope, lemme sneak right past ya there and grab the ranch”.
minus-squareSubstance_P@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·7 个月前To be met with “oh yah, you betcha”
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前Oh god, this is giving me Fargo flashbacks, I couldn’t handle the accent
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前Oh come on, it may be annoying but it’s not nails on a chalkboard bad, like Boston or Jersey.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up20·7 个月前Not just Minnesota, but a lot of the upper Midwest. Wisconsin, northern Illinois, probably northern Iowa and parts of Michigan, too.
minus-squarekryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 个月前Hoosier here. We “ope” in Indiana as well.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 个月前We ope in Nebraska, it goes deeper than you think
minus-squareseaweedsheeplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前Definitely in Michigan. It was one of the only parts of my speech that never disappeared after living in Texas for a decade.
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 个月前No. It is very specifically pronounced “Ope”, like “hope” without the “h”, and it has it’s own distinct meaning.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 个月前The thing I’ll say is closer to “‘up” And I use it more like “oh no! You caught me inconveniencing you. I’m so embarrassed 🫣” Definitely seems related though…
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 个月前I’m a transplant to the Midwest, and I catch myself using it as a “get someone’s attention” noise sometimes.
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 个月前The more I think about it the more I think it’s actually something I say, just not consciously. And I’m from the Mid-Atlantic; not the Midwest. Also found this article that hypothesizes a few origins including, yes, a shortening of “oops!”
minus-squaremedgremlin@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 个月前In Minnesota at least, it’s more of an expression noise like “oh!” in terms of use and definition.
“Ope” is a common exclamation in Minnesota as an expression of a very Midwestern accent. The meme example is “Ope, lemme sneak right past ya there and grab the ranch”.
To be met with “oh yah, you betcha”
Oh god, this is giving me Fargo flashbacks, I couldn’t handle the accent
Oh come on, it may be annoying but it’s not nails on a chalkboard bad, like Boston or Jersey.
Not just Minnesota, but a lot of the upper Midwest. Wisconsin, northern Illinois, probably northern Iowa and parts of Michigan, too.
Hoosier here. We “ope” in Indiana as well.
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Oh yah, North DaKOHta.
Ohio too
We ope in Nebraska, it goes deeper than you think
Definitely in Michigan. It was one of the only parts of my speech that never disappeared after living in Texas for a decade.
Like an abbreviation of “Oops”?
No. It is very specifically pronounced “Ope”, like “hope” without the “h”, and it has it’s own distinct meaning.
The thing I’ll say is closer to “‘up” And I use it more like “oh no! You caught me inconveniencing you. I’m so embarrassed 🫣”
Definitely seems related though…
I’m a transplant to the Midwest, and I catch myself using it as a “get someone’s attention” noise sometimes.
The more I think about it the more I think it’s actually something I say, just not consciously. And I’m from the Mid-Atlantic; not the Midwest.
Also found this article that hypothesizes a few origins including, yes, a shortening of “oops!”
In Minnesota at least, it’s more of an expression noise like “oh!” in terms of use and definition.
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