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medgremlin @midwest.social

11mo ago

Walz for VP

Context: https://www.startribune.com/harris-vp-pick-minnesota-governor-tim-walz/600844951

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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".
  
  To be met with "oh yah, you betcha"
  
  Not just Minnesota, but a lot of the upper Midwest. Wisconsin, northern Illinois, probably northern Iowa and parts of Michigan, too.
  
  Like an abbreviation of “Oops”?
  
  TIL
- On top of the other comments, it's a play on the Obama "Hope" poster.
  
  That part was obvious but I’ve even been to Minnesota and love the movie and show Fargo and didn’t ever catch ope but after reading the descriptions I think I’ve even said it a few times unknowingly
- https://www2.startribune.com/sorry-but-why-do-minnesotans-say-ope-all-the-time/511630701/
- https://youtu.be/qb_-taYLRfY?si=gi2Lrdkwy56WKWny

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".
- Oh yah, that's a good excuse for a Fargo re-watch.
  
  What isn't?
  
  Ooohh yay
- There’s also 5 seasons of Fargo the show that are amazing
  
  Which is on my to watch list... one day.

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.
  
  Thanks!
- This might help.
  https://youtu.be/qb_-taYLRfY

I see Drew Carey.

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