The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[darjr]

It's a midwesterner thing.

Like "ya'll" and "dint"

Or maybe Texan and Pilipino?

dunno

Ate!

 

[darjr]

Don't mean to call out folks, just to compliment all the faces I see.

 

[darjr]

Do they think we don’t see right through them? Do they not even suspect the tactic has been tried here innumerable times? Cmon!

It would be funny if it wasn’t so annoying.

 

[darjr]

Now that is the way you have someone come talk about your product. Well done.

 

[Parmandur]

That is so funny, because I only see one side of the argument: it seems like everyone is striving to be reasonable against...nothing, randomly.

 

[Mannahnin]

It's a midwesterner thing.

Like "ya'll" and "dint"

Or maybe Texan and Pilipino?

dunno

Ate!

Yup.

The midwestern "ope", one syllable, to rhyme with "hope", which is sort of a weird, shortened, more nasals "oops", even though it sounds totally different. As opposed to the Greek "opa" (ώπα), two syllables. Though there's some overlap in meaning. "Ope!" is never said in a celebratory context, but "opa!" can also be said as an expression of shock, or having made a mistake.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Yup.

The midwestern "ope", one syllable, to rhyme with "hope", which is sort of a weird, shortened, more nasals "oops", even though it sounds totally different. As opposed to the Greek "opa" (ώπα), two syllables. Though there's some overlap in meaning. "Ope!" is never said in a celebratory context, but "opa!" can also be said as an expression of shock, or having made a mistake.

 

[J.Quondam]

Yup.

The midwestern "ope", one syllable, to rhyme with "hope", which is sort of a weird, shortened, more nasals "oops", even though it sounds totally different. As opposed to the Greek "opa" (ώπα), two syllables. Though there's some overlap in meaning. "Ope!" is never said in a celebratory context, but "opa!" can also be said as an expression of shock, or having made a mistake.

So... ope! is like the Homeric* d'oh!, right?


* No, not that Homer. The other Homer.

 

[darjr]

Ope!

Ates!

 

[Mannahnin]

So... ope! is like the Homeric* d'oh!, right?


* No, not that Homer. The other Homer.

A little bit, at least. It's also sort of a cross between "oops" and "ow". A deferential and apologetic exclamation of surprise and dismay. Homer's catchphrase generally lacks the apologetic element.