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Originally Posted by 1stClass
Not so sure about the story behind it. But it sounds more like how I order "teh peng" in singapore which means tea with milk + ice. I am assuming they copy that dialect of "peng" and it eventually become teh o beng.
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Yes I realise now, spore teh o peng became batam teh obeng sounds close.
Not surprising as there are many sporean in batam more or less likely to affect the lingo of batam by mixing some sporean dialect....