| ▲ | analog31 10 hours ago |
| Oddly enough "sorry" is also quite common in the upper Midwest US. If I bump into someone else by accident, and it's my fault, they will reflexively say "sorry." |
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| ▲ | AngryData 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Yeah, this would read just as well for the upper midwest. Although "Ope!" is also interchangeable with sorry in a lot of situations. |
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| ▲ | thrownthatway 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | This is use in Australia and is short for ”oops, sorry about that”. | | |
| ▲ | SyneRyder 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | "Ope" is in use in Australia? Sandgroper here and I've never heard it before. Is it only in certain cities, or a generational / social group thing? Or do I just need to get away from screens more often? | | |
| ▲ | thrownthatway 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | It’s probably just me. Tend to pick up things I’ve heard once somewhere. On the other hand, I hadn’t heard sandgroper before and had to search to find out it meant Western Australian. Although, I definitely don’t get out much. | | |
| ▲ | SyneRyder 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sandgroper is just a shibboleth for Perth & WA people, I think, but it might also be generational. I'm old enough that Fat Cat & Humphrey B Bear mean something to me and are a shared experience, but probably not for people younger than me. Helpful off-topic instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWv3L6J1YVE But saying sorry as a pre-emptive "oops didn't mean to step in front of you, mate" (when the other person had clearly walked into you), that has existed in Perth as long as I can remember. | | |
| ▲ | defrost 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | How about Humphrey B. Flaubert (or Humphrey B. Flow Bear, if you prefer)? |
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| ▲ | brg 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| From Green Bay to Dickinson, the complete utterance is “Op Sorry.” If one is not in a hurry it is sometimes “Oops, Sorry.” |
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| ▲ | RajT88 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I say "ope, sorry". Never realized it until I saw the midwest memes. | |
| ▲ | analog31 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That's quite a ways. | | |
| ▲ | dmoy 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'd argue it's not just Green Bay-Dickenson on the east end, but also extending to like souix falls/Fargo on the west end "Oop, sorry" was viscerally familiar to me |
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| ▲ | milleramp 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| In Los Angeles, its the same in person, in a car it's the finger. (Unfortunately) |
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| ▲ | DonHopkins 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | A hippie driving a VW Microbus leaned out the window and flashed me a peace sign, so I gave him half a peace sign in response. |
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| ▲ | zjp 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yeah I'm from Kansas and none of these meanings were new to me. |
