You're absolutely right. When I ope about I am 100% saying "Whoop..", but it's clipped down to nothing. It's like a word with a silent letter in it. I'll say "column", and feel the N in my mouth when I speak, but we both know it isn't really there.
I live in Alberta now and am dealing with the conundrum of using "ope", "sorry", and "just gonna sneak on by..."
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Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca · 48 pts · 2y
The Midwestern varieties actually say "ope.."
gramathy@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 2y
I’m almost certain “ope” is a clipped version of “whoops” anyway
Mango@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Is whoops fancy for oops?
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Oopsie uWu poosie
gramathy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
They’re basically synonyms and I’m not sure which one came first
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
You're absolutely right. When I ope about I am 100% saying "Whoop..", but it's clipped down to nothing. It's like a word with a silent letter in it. I'll say "column", and feel the N in my mouth when I speak, but we both know it isn't really there.
I live in Alberta now and am dealing with the conundrum of using "ope", "sorry", and "just gonna sneak on by..."
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
Just gonna squeeeeeze right past ya there.
NESSI3@lemmy.sdf.org · 16 pts · 2y
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Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2y
This is the second best news I've seen all week.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Bees are all midwesterners confirmed.
Rayspekt@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
So I looked up the article and thankfully there is an embedded SoundCloud track up the bees whooping. It's goddamn adorable.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121275-honeybees-let-out-a-whoop-when-they-bump-into-each-other/
thejoker954@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Holy shit, it really is super adorable lol.
I would happily watch a long video of the bees bumping and whooping.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
Wait. This means all bees are juggalos. Are they also drinking fanta and wondering how magnets work?
Crewman@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
It's a reference to Sound of DA Police by KRS-One
llamapants@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Canadian bees let out a "whoop, I'm just gonna scooch on by ya"
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That was also the sound of Gen X bumping at the nightclub in their 20's.
Old_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
TIL that honey bees are Juggalos...whoop whoop.
variants@possumpat.io · 2 pts · 2y
I say whoop whoop when I'm bumping as well
Rolando@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
MMFCL!