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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums"Welp." What it this "welp?" I've seen it on the internet,
Used where a normal person would say well.
For example: well, I didnt vote for him.
But I just saw that Welp used in a book, used by a person that would be of the boomer generation. Ill give you chapter and verse if you like. Person in the book who was a real person, is from Indiana, so is that a regionalism? Or has the current administration been too much for me to handle?
Aristus
(66,468 posts)Like 'yep' and 'nope'.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)That drives me nuts.
And 'woah" instead of "whoa."
I don't think "welp" is regionalism. It seems to me that when "welp" is used these days it is a form of frustration. Maybe that's what sets it apart from "well?" I don't know, but it drives me crazy.
CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)csziggy
(34,138 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)dameatball
(7,400 posts)He was from western Mass, but not sure if that has any bearing.
Harker
(14,049 posts)He'd be about 60, and was from Missouri.
Foolacious
(497 posts)And both "yes" and "yep", and "no" and "nope". And now in my later years I live in Mexico, where I hear and see both "sí" and "síp". In all these cases the final "p" seems to suggest that the utterance is ending, or at least pausing for breath.
yardwork
(61,712 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)and I heard the word from her mother, who moved to Seattle as a kid, in 1906.
gram also would "red up the dishes" which meant clear the table, scrape the scraps, pile the dishes into the sink until a grand-daughter came along to wash them...(guess who).
She also referred to a table knife, part of the silver ware set, as a "case knife" to distinguish it from a kitchen knife that you cut things with.
and threw in some R's..as in ..."warsh rag".
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,879 posts)though not PA or OH. It's said to be derived from a Scots or North English expression. Interestingly, "rydd opp" is Norwegian for clean up, as in wash dishes. So I'm guessing that the Scots expression might have originated in Old Norse, as is the case with a fair number of Scots words.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Always wondered about that phrase. Of course, when I asked family, they had no clue, just a normal word to them.
sl8
(13,931 posts)"Rotten little whelp" was Mom's pet name for me.
Skittles
(153,212 posts)irritates the hell out of me
Iggo
(47,574 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Thanks, cheerless.