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I'm 1000% guilt of this, every single day. Haha
Nov 14, 2016 2:47 PM
bunnytwitch
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I'm 1000% guilt of this, every single day. Haha
FilmMagician
Then you do a little awkward dance. Ya. love it.
nuke034
guilty
bunnytwitch
Sometimes I'll do a string of them. like "ope, Ope, OPE!" Each one getting higher pitched, but thats only when a situation warrants it.
KOBK
"Ope..did I get cha?"
Trainman1000
I didn't know corn made a noise.
DKCalibre
Isn't it just a shortend version of "whoops"?
AdelaideDetroit
Oh.. I do make that noise.
PhiIIipJFry
I would say oop, I assume that it's the same noise but ope is with an American accent?
CheesyComestibles
Had no idea this was a Midwest thing. The noise is just ingrained in me.
cattywumpus
In Chicago. We do this. It's kind of an aborted "oops"
Durzaka
Im not sure where you live in Chicago, but in all the time ive spent downtown, I dont think ive once heard someone make this noise.
mothernature94
In the donut shop I work at, we had to force ourselves to stop saying that. Too many spontaneous outbreaks of Gangnam style would follow...
Th3F4lc0n
I always pictured it as "ohp", but this is a frequent occurrence in my life
SuperSupply
Here on the East Coast we say 'ohp'.
ImGladWeHadThisChat
I suppose it would be better to do that thing where you get into a fight over a tiny mistake instead.
kmdestroyer13
From the Midwest. Can conform. User of "ope" daily.
Jafooley
This is a worldwide phenomenon
M3LL0WM4NN
It's "oup! Let me just squeeze by ya here"
nobutseriouslyicanteven
From Virginia...have no idea what this is
Kayayayaya
Ah fuck. I'm from Ohio and do this.
SengirArchangel
It's the sound Northeasterners make when we fall off of things.
PicklesAreCapitalism
...Shit. I'm Canadian and I say that.
meesothelioma
I'm from the Philippines and I do this.
INormallyDropEverythingIHold
From Texas, I can say that we do that here too.
Dilligaffin
In Cincinnati. Can confirm.
ERJockey
Just south of you in Louisville, we do that here too.
Kayayayaya
I'm from Cincy and do it as well.
dammerung
phonetically, what does that sound like?
Caspooky
In Europe it sounds like "ohp" like a very soft verison of "hope".
amaranthian1
Think a very soft and embarrassed version of that HUP! Link does while rolling in OOT
dammerung
lol wow that description. I can totally hear it now, thanks!
clutchthepearls
You know how Greeks say opa? Leave off the a.
TheCybermen
Hard "o", Hard "p"
rsto
I only know the hard x-dee
jcates91
I do this and the white person half smile where you make eye contact with strangers and just fold your lips in
rubbarz
TheCybermen
Jokesterwild
Be too awkward to just smile at a stranger!
Kommadore
To really smile at a stranger I'd have to be happy to see them, faking a half smile is pretty much the best I can do.
HahahaGary
I do these with an eyebrow raise. Wisconsin.
bunnytwitch
Oh god, oh god, oh god.....this is likely 75% of what my human interaction looks like.
BurtTurglar
I like to top it off with the tiniest nod. Just one. "Ope", vacuum smile, tiny nod. All is forgiven.
aPurpleLiger
I'm sure these things all happen reasonably quickly but I'm sitting here imagining little pauses between each step and it's cracking me up.
sesamesnapsinhalf
1. "Oops" sounds insincerely, so you go for a noise that sounds more spontaneous. 2. This is a mashup of "oops" and "oh, sorry."
jcates91
Are you sorry?!
sesamesnapsinhalf
*insincere*
raphaelturtle
Very good analysis of ope
Fire91921
Thanks
Mack1986
Exactly
NoThisIsntPatrick
It's more like a singular form of oops... "oop!"
sesamesnapsinhalf
Plus, you cut off the "s" sound at the end to make it linguistically easier to append "sorry" just in case.
BrokenRubbersOhno
The Midwest is about as Canadian as America gets.
Natrezall
Montana...yeah...except we drive better here than the Albertans that come down.
XxcelticwarriorxX
Ope.. sorry
TedMoris
I've know lots of people from outside of the United States that have said this, and also that Wisconsin is the most Canadian of them all.
SpaceSpeed
Minnesota would like to politely disagree with Wisconsin on that one, eh
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
As a Minnesotan: snow in "spring", bagged milk, and better education. Yup.
Shitposting2017
You betcha
clutchthepearls
The rest of the midwest says screw your bagged milk.
Crazyeyedpsycho
I feel some of the European stereotypes also apply here
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
Canada is basically North American Scandinavia
Crazyeyedpsycho
And Minnesota is basically southern Canada
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
Can Minnesota please secede and join Canada?
PrinceDoran
In New York and I don't even know what this is
robotzombies
ope
yamahog
Lucky. -NYer living in Michigan
avendarius
Not miswestern. I believe the equivalent in NY would be "get the fuck out of my way", but I might be off on pronunciation
avendarius
To clarify, this is the NYC version
StarscreamYouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime
I thought it would be something like 'hey, I'm walking here!' in Italian accent just like in every Hollywood movie ever
Theenigma14
Sometimes it's pronounced "hurry the fuck up"
sadbitterkitten
Upstate NY - have not a clue what this is either
IamJustGoingToSayExactlyWhatiAmThinking
Also upstate NY and I say ope all the time.
avendarius
Upstate is a different beast. One feels the need to say sorry, fuck outta my way, and hi all at the same time. The results is a 1/
avendarius
2/ blank stare while moving on
Robstein
Is that really just a Midwest thing?
TavishGregory
Texan here. I do at least times a day.
Trekker47
I 'oop' in Ireland all the time.
WillCorrectInaccuraciesForFood
Do it here in Oregon as well
bendoslays
Seeing as I currently live in Chicago I can confirm this is true
NikiCee
I'm a midwesterner and I have never made that sound. I'll have to start listening for it.
NotACanadian
As someone from...a place that's totally in the United States, I do it too.
Th3F4lc0n
Confirming "ope" here in Illinois as well
malimae
East coast people do it too
Youredone
I'm from PA and I do this multiple times a day
Timushi
Vermont. I say it frequently.
IamJustGoingToSayExactlyWhatiAmThinking
I do it here in NY.
WalrusDongle
I ope in Texas daily
notbadjo
Ope, am a Midwesterner. Can confirm...sorry.
penguindanceparty
We do it here in MD
SaltCollector
Briton checking in. We do it in the UK. Although I'd spell it oup. Because it sounds more like the back end of soup rather than hope.
DrDogHed
Kansan here, definitely a thing cause i took this as a attack seeing how much i do it
maschineman
Ope's in Boston errday
MrUnderscoreCool
Floridan checking in. I think I'm the only one here that does it.
ngooooo
We do it in SoCal too
Drougals
I'm not American but SoCal sounds dochey to me don't know why
ngooooo
Try spending some time in Orange County. Your preconceived notions wouldn't be completely off
bunnytwitch
No idea, bit I can confirm that I do indeed do it
theycallmeMrGlass
In Ohio, can confirm.
littlewhitedove
I do this, but I'm from Louisiana... but I also say "you guys" instead of "y'all".
Tivers
So do I. And I wasn't even aware until just now
padgie
Red 5 standing by. Erm. Kansas checking in!
dontbearichard
Illinois here that's a BIG 10-4
SteelFuelCantMeltBeamJets
Iowa checking in
BerserkQuatch
Missourian checking in
TehGuard
kentucky can confirm
thunder2132
Michigan, checking in.
theinternetconfusesme
michigan here, said it in the elevator earlier today.
InvadingYourSpaces
Canadian here, Ope all the time, usually followed up with a kurt 'Sorry.'
totallyahumanperson
can confirm
DieselDublin
Who's Kurt?
InvadingYourSpaces
Everyone in Canada is named Kurt.
whyiseverythingupsidedown
We do it in Australia.
Internetuser666
So basically anyone who talks
whyiseverythingupsidedown
Pretty much.