Talk:గోపి

RFV discussion: October 2019–June 2022
Telugu: Abbreviation. Apparently means "cat on the wall". Why would anyone abbreviate that???? --Vealhurl (talk) 13:28, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Pinging Rajasekhar1961... --Lambiam 14:28, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * short form of (Cat on the wall). It is similar to  for . If it is not clear, can we put a fullstop between the letters.--Rajasekhar1961 (talk) 17:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * @Rajasekhar1961 Yeah, but why would you abbreviate such an obviously SOP phrase? A google search brings up what looks like a movie/show, along with actual cats on walls. --Corsicanwarrah (talk) 19:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
 * It seems to be an idiomatic expression expressing uncertainty about how a situation will develop. (Self [te-0] and Google translate [te-1] at best, so this interpretation may not be on the nose.) It is pointless to define it by giving its literal translation, which does not carry that sense in English. --Lambiam 11:43, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
 * This Telugu dictionary explains it as “a proverbial expression for sitting on the fence”. It is not clear to me whether the idiom applies to a person (a fence sitter), or to an unresolved issue that can go either way, or can apply to either. --Lambiam 12:35, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

RFV-sense deleted, the sense can always be re-added with a more clear explanation. Thadh (talk) 15:21, 5 June 2022 (UTC)