No, I don't think so. I'd imagine it's definitely one of those sorts of things that is ludicrously common in another region and just suddenly got imported here completely without fanfare.
It wouldn't surprise me if it's something that existed beforehand but was extremely difficult or impractical to use. Who even knows, though... we'll probably never get a straight answer.
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It wouldn't surprise me if it's something that existed beforehand but was extremely difficult or impractical to use. Who even knows, though... we'll probably never get a straight answer.