is it short for somat or does it have its own meanin???
2006-08-25 22:23:00 · 27 answers · asked by sally+ neil 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Wild that you asked that I was listening to NPR radio the other day and there is a program that is all about words and sayings. OK was one of the topics the other day. It comes from the expression " All Correct" that after years was shortened down to "OK". Years from now you will use the expression "Geet yet?" which is the saying we used to have, " Did you have dinner already?"
2006-08-25 22:33:49 · answer #1 · answered by Casca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its true that ok is a short form Of something and that is OLL KORRECT( All Correct). We in india study british english, so we do not spell A as O or C as K. It is spelt this way in some other country , well, i dont know much about that, but this is the correct answer of ur question. Ok is being said or used when we have to say that all is fine, so OLL KORRECT.
2006-08-25 22:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by jinnie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O.K, came from when the Americans were putting in a telegraph system across the country. When a new station came on line the first message to be sent was 'on key' in morse code which meant the station was up and running. The expression has now become the norm. for o.k. everything is alright.
2006-08-26 03:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by deirdredonkin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a few explanations, I'm not sure which is true. One is that it stands for 'o killed' and was used by the US army.
From Wikipedia -
'0 Killed
Another version is that the term was used by U.S. military during the American Civil War to state that there were zero casualties or zero killed ("0K"), hence 0.K., at a particular battle site; also, the hand signal with thumb and fore finger touching as to form a zero, signifying zero killed.'
2006-08-25 22:33:40 · answer #4 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the past some people have done mistake. But these mistakes become a standards, when it appears repeatedly. As I have herd, In past in one country, there was a illiterate King. When ministers forward the bills to kings approval, he wanted to write all correct. But didn't know the spellings. Then he used to state O.K. in short form.
actually this is a mistake, but no one pointed out. later this mistake become a standard.
2006-08-26 05:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by mangala a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As stated previouly it is short for okay.
It depends on how the "ok" is used, to it's meaning;
If you feel ok - you feel well.
If you are asked to do something - you say ok, confirming that you will do as you were asked.
If you are doing a test/exam and you do ok - that's sort of mediocre - you didn't do well but it wasn't bad either.
If you are being apprasied and you get an ok - you did ask expected, nothing better but nothing worse.
I hope those examples helped. :-)
2006-08-25 22:34:25 · answer #6 · answered by MISS B.ITCH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know that initially it was an "Americanism" which crept into the English language & has now become almost universal in all languages.
So maybe the Americans can help us know what the origin of OK is.
2006-08-25 23:43:26 · answer #7 · answered by baz 9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK originated with Andrew Jackson. When, as clerk of the Tenn. Legis. He would verify the minutes of the meetings by entering " Oll Korect" Meaning "All Correct". Later on he shortened it to OK. well that is one explanation. I want to know what somat and wat means.........
2006-08-25 22:33:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oklahoma.
2006-08-25 22:28:09 · answer #9 · answered by protos2222222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another possible answer is that it comes from the french "au quai" meaning "to port". If a wine was good the maker would mark it as "au quai" signifying it was to be sent to port for sale/export...
2006-08-25 23:18:14 · answer #10 · answered by inka kola 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋