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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Midwestern varieties actually say "ope.."

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m almost certain “ope” is a clipped version of “whoops” anyway

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Oopsie uWu poosie

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

They’re basically synonyms and I’m not sure which one came first

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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 8 points 2 years ago

Just gonna squeeeeeze right past ya there.

[–] NESSI3@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is the second best news I've seen all week.

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Bees are all midwesterners confirmed.

[–] Rayspekt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait. This means all bees are juggalos. Are they also drinking fanta and wondering how magnets work?

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Queens make a quacking or tooting sound too. I miss my bees

https://youtu.be/9naKEy1v6Lw

[–] llamapants@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Canadian bees let out a "whoop, I'm just gonna scooch on by ya"

[–] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I say whoop whoop when I'm bumping as well

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That was also the sound of Gen X bumping at the nightclub in their 20's.

[–] Old_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

TIL that honey bees are Juggalos...whoop whoop.

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

pull ova...

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago