The Midwestern varieties actually say “ope…”
I’m almost certain “ope” is a clipped version of “whoops” anyway
Is whoops fancy for oops?
Oopsie uWu poosie
They’re basically synonyms and I’m not sure which one came first
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…”
Just gonna squeeeeeze right past ya there.
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Bees are all midwesterners confirmed.
This is the second best news I’ve seen all week.
So I looked up the article and thankfully there is an embedded SoundCloud track up the bees whooping. It’s goddamn adorable.
Holy shit, it really is super adorable lol.
I would happily watch a long video of the bees bumping and whooping.
Wait. This means all bees are juggalos. Are they also drinking fanta and wondering how magnets work?
It’s a reference to Sound of DA Police by KRS-One
Canadian bees let out a “whoop, I’m just gonna scooch on by ya”
I say whoop whoop when I’m bumping as well
That was also the sound of Gen X bumping at the nightclub in their 20’s.
TIL that honey bees are Juggalos…whoop whoop.
MMFCL!
