Ope, lemme just scootch right past ya into the Whitehouse.
I just know this is going to result in the entire country becoming aware of, and therefore meme-ing on Minnesota.
I much prefer to be the butt of jokes and thus not arousing any suspicion that we have it pretty good up here.
I beg ya pardon, this is my secret garden.
I don’t get the ope part
“Ope” is a common exclamation in Minnesota as an expression of a very Midwestern accent. The meme example is “Ope, lemme sneak right past ya there and grab the ranch”.
Not just Minnesota, but a lot of the upper Midwest. Wisconsin, northern Illinois, probably northern Iowa and parts of Michigan, too.
No. It is very specifically pronounced “Ope”, like “hope” without the “h”, and it has it’s own distinct meaning.
The more I think about it the more I think it’s actually something I say, just not consciously. And I’m from the Mid-Atlantic; not the Midwest.
Also found this article that hypothesizes a few origins including, yes, a shortening of “oops!”
Pack it up everyone. No one can beat this meme this week.
Feel like I have to rewatch Fargo now to see if Frances McDormand drops an “Ope”.
Could someone explain?
Walz is from Minnesota. Minnesota is in the Midwest. Some people in the Midwest have a unique and rather quaint dialect and accent, as well as a very friendly culture.
“'Ope” is an exclamation akin to “Oops”, and is often said when a Midwesterner may have accidentally bothered someone in some way (e.g. bumping into them accidentally).
This exlamation is often followed up by “sorry boutcha” to form the iconic phrase: “Ope! Sorry boutcha!” Which is basically the folksy, Midwestern equivalent of “I beg your pardon”.
Ope has beocme an iconic, memetic symbol of Midwestern identity, culture, and stereotypical friendliness.
This might help.
