Tuesday, March 06, 2018
Another little gem
Amid the piles of dross in quora.com, another gem. This is a question I've wondered about for a long time but couldn't find an answer in paper dictionaries or online translators.
What's the equivalent of Oops in various languages?
Surprisingly, it's just Oops in almost all of the answers given so far. Some partial variations such as Opa, but the OP is constant.
The only complete exception so far is Aya! in Sri Lanka.
Did OP spread from English? Unlikely. A noise following an accidental move is ancient, unlike Okay and Big Mac. I might guess that OP is a halted exhale, similar to the automatic blocking of breath to brace the abdomen when lifting a weight.
Labels: Language update
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