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Flairiart t1_itl6qx3 wrote

Reply to comment by Bucklehairy in "All Spaniards, we discovered, knew two English expressions. One was ‘OK, baby,’ the other was a word used by the Barcelona whores in their dealings with English sailors, and I am afraid the compositors would not print it." by SlitchBap

I kinda agree but what threw me off is he said one was "OK, baby" not hey.

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GodofPizza t1_itm4ta5 wrote

The sailors probably knew what “hola” means. Being submissive and agreeable is key in mainstream sex work, hence “ok, baby.”

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chii_hudson t1_itnqgin wrote

“OK, baby” is the reply to whatever the whores said, that is the wit of this passage. The Spaniards knew two expressions, the prompt from the whores and their own reply in English

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