Vexing phrases

[OwlHoot]

So, beginning a sentence with a conjunction really gets my goat

God yes, and we've had a load of that with all these Covid academics they've wheeled out over the last couple of years to pontificate!

[vetran]

O.I.C



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.

[La Petite Valse]

Oh yes - the oh tends to get lost so its just yes.

I used to work with a militant scot who wanted Scottish dialects recognised as an actual language. Nice bloke, terrible drinker.


or if with NLyUK


OOOOHHHHH YESSSS!

O.I.C

I hadn't realised beans on toast were actually British. learn something new. I assumed they were Mexican or similar.

https://minimalistbaker.com/easy-bak...20white%20bean.

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

[vetran]

I've never known what that means but this one was definitely pronounced with a H so probably not that one.

Oh yes - the oh tends to get lost so its just yes.

I used to work with a militant scot who wanted Scottish dialects recognised as an actual language. Nice bloke, terrible drinker.


or if with NLyUK


OOOOHHHHH YESSSS!

[vetran]

No, he was about as Spanish as beans on toast.

hokay - Yang always said it a bit like that.

I hadn't realised beans on toast were actually British. learn something new. I assumed they were Mexican or similar.

https://minimalistbaker.com/easy-bak...20white%20bean.

[La Petite Valse]

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.

No, he was about as Spanish as beans on toast.

[La Petite Valse]

Och aye?

I've never known what that means but this one was definitely pronounced with a H so probably not that one.

[vetran]

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.

[SueEllen]

Its your round!

Whatever

[d000hg]

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.

Och aye?