Contentious issue I know, but recently I’ve encountered a number of people who believe that Ohio (and sometimes Indiana and Michigan) is not truly part of the Midwest. Which to me is preposterous since I’ve always considered Ohio the most quintessentially Midwestern state. Midwest to me has always been very nearly synonymous with rust belt, but it seems there are a fair number of people who place the Midwest more in what I’d call the Great Plains, or Greater Minnesota. So I’m wondering where do you all place the Midwest.

  • AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    as a kind of semi apologetic interjection, right? like “ope! look at the time!”

    That’s pretty much it. Although it can also be used like a less aggressive “hey!”

    Nearly bump into someone in the hall? “Ope!”

    Someone examining the spices for 5 minutes when you just need to grab the salt? “Ope, scuse me, just gotta sneak by ya there.”

    Etc.

    Having spent some years in the south, clearly “errinj coke” is a fanta orange, or Sunkist if you’re lucky.