1928

Only in Alsace would a music festival recruit attendees with the common Alsatian greeting, "Hopla, Komm!" which loosely translates as "*gasp* Hey! Come!" The French spoken in Alsace, as well as the different forms of Alsatian, are all notorious for employing HOPLA! to begin and end conversations, signify the brusque movement of people or things and indicate surprise. HOPLA! You know you love it.