# Today I learned **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 19, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835 "2021-01-19T22:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 97
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1932 "2024-08-15T03:25:34Z")
Yeah, I’ve never heard of that one. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1933 "2024-08-15T03:35:46Z")
Time for a potacular! Have a, ope, have some hotdish, wash it down with some pop. Whip some shitties, top it off with some cornhole. You betcha. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1934 "2024-08-15T03:45:56Z")
Not some hotdish… just … hotdish. We could have hotdish. Also I don’t think ope is a written thing… just a spoken one… which is why I was unaware I even say it for multiple decades of my life. More commonly used when you make some sort of minor physical accident … for example you step too close to a door that swings in your direction: you might say “ope” as you take a step back while feeling kind of silly for stepping too close to the door to get it open. It’s kind of like “uh” or “um” in that you say it without even realizing you’re saying it, but generally wouldn’t write it. ---
**Author:** ![vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vjvj/32/406_2.png) [@vjvj](https://community.goactuary.com/u/vjvj)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1935 "2024-08-15T06:11:22Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > for example you step too close to a door that swings in your direction: you might say “ope” as you take a step back while feeling kind of silly for stepping too close to the door to get it open. Exactly this usage was not uncommon in the neighborhood I grew up in in Chicago. I don’t recall hearing it used in other ways. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1936 "2024-08-15T15:01:24Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > Not some hotdish… just … hotdish. We could have hotdish. What about “covered dish”? ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1937 "2024-08-15T15:04:46Z")
I only recall hearing that on the east coast. But you would certainly say “bring a covered dish” not “bring covered dish”. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1938 "2024-08-15T15:07:14Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > I only recall hearing that on the east coast. But you would certainly say “bring a covered dish” not “bring covered dish” . The person I heard it from was from Kennnnnntucky. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1939 "2024-08-15T15:08:02Z")
Interesting ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1940 "2024-08-15T15:18:41Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > Interesting. And I hadn’t heard it before she said it, so of course we razzed her about it. And yes her accent was a little twangy. Here is a story from someone who might not know anything, but will say something anyway: > **[A potluck, by any other name – The Madera Tribune](https://maderatribune.com/a-potluck-by-any-other-name/)** ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1941 "2024-08-15T15:57:07Z")
Kentucky. Weird. Long time ago I was in a Walmart in Kentucky. Was looking to pick up a toboggan for the kids for Christmas. I look around, no toboggans. So I asked where I could find their toboggans. Buddy points me in the direction. I end up in the clothing section. Wut? Anyway, no toboggans. Not surprising I guess because Kentucky. But I also learned that people in Kentucky call toques toboggans. ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1942 "2024-08-15T18:29:03Z")
make sure it’s the right kind of cornholing, and I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bro/32/81473_2.png) [@Bro](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Bro)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1943 "2024-08-15T18:30:55Z")
> [@SpaceLobster](#): > > Kentucky. Weird. > > Long time ago I was in a Walmart in Kentucky. Was looking to pick up a toboggan for the kids for Christmas. I look around, no toboggans. > > So I asked where I could find their toboggans. Buddy points me in the direction. I end up in the clothing section. Wut? > > Anyway, no toboggans. Not surprising I guess because Kentucky. But I also learned that people in Kentucky **and Canada** call toques toboggans. **stocking caps** by the wrong name. IFYQ ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1944 "2024-08-15T18:37:38Z")
> [@SpaceLobster](#): > > But I also learned that people in Kentucky **and Canada** call toques toboggans. **stocking caps** by the wrong name. So many names for this one hat. I’ve also heard beanie, skull cap, and watch cap. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1945 "2024-08-15T18:55:19Z")
A stocking cap is not a touque. I am speaking authoritatively on this matter. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1946 "2024-08-15T19:00:31Z")
And a deerstalking cap is not a toque either, eh. ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1947 "2024-08-15T19:43:21Z")
> [@Bro](#): > > make sure it’s the right kind of cornholing, and I’m in! The kind that results in poocorn? ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1948 "2024-08-17T18:32:04Z")
There’s something called Greek foot and another thing called Egyptian foot. ---
**Author:** ![Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Actuary321](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Actuary321)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1949 "2024-08-20T15:48:40Z")
The composer of the Mission Impossible theme song used morse code as the basis for the beginning of the song. M = long long and I = short short ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1950 "2024-08-20T16:20:05Z")
The opening bell taps in Rush’s “YYZ” are morse code for those letters. ---
**Author:** ![dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/dothemath/32/651_2.png) [@dothemath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dothemath)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835/1951 "2024-08-20T16:25:13Z")
Oh… well I guess that’s one way to tap into the sweet, sweet telegraph operator demographic. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835.md?page=96) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/today-i-learned/1835.md?page=98)