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Ok, I got to know: how many fags we got on this here literature board? I for damn sure say "Oop" when I'm surprised by someone behind a door I open.

The book is The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker, a must-read in my opinion.

>> No.22243498

I say whoops

>> No.22243501

>>22243491
"opa"

>> No.22243587

>>22243491
>Ope! I’m just gonna squeeeeeze right by ya.

>> No.22243660

>>22243491
There’s nothing more appealing to the senses than seeing a fit man in just his boxer briefs emanating the pleasant smell of freshly applied cologne.

I say oops and I thought everyone said oops.

>> No.22243693
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>>22243491
>even with the disclaimer OP repeats the narrators error
I love The Mezzanine.

>> No.22243829

I have a strong "wh" that leads my "oop"

>> No.22243877

>>22243491
I was going to say doesn't everyone say "oops", but now that I think about it, I do in fact say "oop" in that scenario. I wonder why I say it. I don't know where I got it from.

>> No.22243889

>>22243491
>Oh! 'Scuse me, lemme just Ssqueeeez right past ya here.
Or
>Ay carumba.

>> No.22243975

>>22243491
Opefag here

>> No.22244029

>>22243491
i say ope, as is standard in the midwest

>> No.22244044

i like the mezzanine but it's very reddit

>> No.22244049

>>22243491
He is a brilliant writer, though. Did you read his smut trilogy?

>> No.22244067

I thought people stopped saying oop 60 years ago

>> No.22244070

>>22244049
I got Fermata, but haven't started it.

>> No.22244079

Did anyone else have an internal monologue crisis after reading The Mezzanine?

>> No.22244083

>>22244079
no I just thought the author was an autistic homo

>> No.22244088

>>22244079
No. That's my norm. It's why I like to pretend if I ever wrote a novel, it would've been The Mezzanine or something like it.

>> No.22244130

>>22244070
Fermata's probably the best. Vox also excellent. House of Holes less so by a decent margin but still a feat of imagination.

>> No.22244139

>>22243693
Those are whales

>> No.22244239

>>22243491
This is typical “friendly midwestern lingo” but as a non midwesterner myself I am ashamed each time I use the term. I also have a habit of saying, “No, you’re fine” which I am not fond of.

>> No.22244576

>>22244239
Why what's wrong with it?

>> No.22244582

The Mezzanine is supremely subpar literature for people who have not and will not read someone like Flann O’Brien or Sasha Sokolov

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22244588

>>22243491
My bad nigga *smacks lips*

>> No.22244593

I do a very breathy ohhhh

>> No.22244625

>>22244582
Most retarded post I have read in awhile.

>> No.22244926

>>22243491
huwoops

>> No.22244944

>>22243491
I just say "fuck!" I come from a family of doctors and they all curse extremely heavily, so I got that from them.

>> No.22245093

>>22243491
I say oy gevalt.

>> No.22245289

>>22243491
I say "whoa" which is short for "whoa nellie, a fat faggot hath crossed my path"

>> No.22245457

An' I oop *ksksksksks*

>> No.22245463

>>22243491
>there are so many exceptions that it is irresponsible of me to bring it up
He said calmly.

>> No.22245480

>>22243491
Fuck me, I'm a faggot.

>> No.22245483

>>22245463
>He said calmly.
No, he thought it.

>> No.22245709

>>22244582
Funny you say that because I read all of Flann O'Brien before I even knew who Nicholson Baker was. What was your point again, Mr. Pseud?

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>>22243587
>>22243975
>>22244029
Yep.

>> No.22246820

>>22243491
"oh" suffices

>> No.22246824
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22246824

>that one bit where he catalogues what he thinks about the most and one of the prevalent entries is "friends (lack of)"

>> No.22246846

>>22243491
I'm Turkish so I say hop

>> No.22246998

>>22243491
He said, "Oop!"
Write your own Goddamned book if you don't like it

>> No.22247145

>>22243491
I'm oops only but it might be ESL projection from my native language, as we never say oop here