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I believe they're originally from the US. Isn't the bean in baked beans a navy bean & these are predominantly grown over there? Also think cowboys, Blazing Saddles etc
Oh beans in sauce are American/Mexican but the on toast bit is British.
I believe they're originally from the US. Isn't the bean in baked beans a navy bean & these are predominantly grown over there? Also think cowboys, Blazing Saddles etc
Spanish heritage? I worked with a large number of Venezuelans (identifying as Portuguese via their grandparents to get an EU passport) and they tended to pronounce OK a bit like that. Good guys, apparently one started there and he recommended all his friends.
A project manager used to always start his meetings with "okay..."
But, instead of pronouncing it okay he would, bizarrely, pronounce it "hock-eye" instead. Maybe he had some kind of speech impediment, or something, but it really got my goat.
Spanish heritage? I worked with a large number of Venezuelans (identifying as Portuguese via their grandparents to get an EU passport) and they tended to pronounce OK a bit like that. Good guys, apparently one started there and he recommended all his friends.
A project manager used to always start his meetings with "okay..."
But, instead of pronouncing it okay he would, bizarrely, pronounce it "hock-eye" instead. Maybe he had some kind of speech impediment, or something, but it really got my goat.
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