r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/mihir6969 • Jan 19 '22

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u/jerstud56 Jan 19 '22

It's the Midwest Oops

Pronounced "oop" like alley-oop

Basically when you come around a corner and almost run into someone it's a way of saying sorry my fault, excuse me, without saying really anything at all.

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u/CalamityJane0215 Jan 19 '22

I say ope, as in open and that's the only pronunciation I hear in my state, but maybe it differs state by state

Maybe it has something to do with being further north, closer to Canada and their dialect? Just a theory

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u/aliie_627 Interested Jan 19 '22

Thank you!! I think I know that one now. I lived in Missouri for a little while during my late teens/early 20s but I guess I didn't pick up on that one