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2006-12-19 16:18:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
so ok is not two letters short for something. its the word okay heh. where the hell did the okay word come from then
2006-12-19 16:28:28 · update #1
by the way I hope Y'all have a very Merry Christmas
2006-12-19 16:32:00 · update #2
OK has several thoughts
The historical record shows that O.K. appeared as an abbreviation for oll korrect (a conscious misspelling of "all correct") in Boston newspapers in 1839, and was reinterpreted as "Old Kinderhook" in the 1840 United States presidential election.
Because it is a recent word born of word play, and because it is so widely used, O.K. has also invited many folk etymologies. These competing theories are not supported by the historical written record, except in that folk and joke etymologies influenced the true history of the word.
Since the 19th century, the word has spread around the world, the okay spelling of it first appearing in British writing in the 1860s. Spelled out in full in the 20th century, 'okay' has come to be in everyday use among English speakers, and borrowed by non-English speakers. Occasionally a humorous form okee dokee (or okey dokey) is used, as well as A-ok.
2006-12-19 16:27:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
"OK" is the abbreviation of the Greek expression, Ola Kala. It is a standard expression in Greece that simply means: "Everything's fine". Some teachers still use it to mark good school papers.
The abbreviation "OK" was informally used to communicate the "All's well!" (with light or other means) with shore or other ships . Also, for the Captain of a ship, hearing the Ola Kala was a quick way to take stock of a situation.
OK was also marked on shipping crates after inspection to signify that everything in them was all right. It is possible that port communities worldwide came in contact with "OK" thusly. Throughout history, the Greek presence has had strong influence on other peoples.
OK has been adopted by other languages as slang, meaning agreement, acceptability and approval. O.K. is also written phonetically as, okay.
2006-12-20 00:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One story is that an inspector named Otto Krus in the first Ford manufacturing plant marked his initials on the windshield of each car he inspected. This can't be right because OK was used in print at least 50 years before Ford built his first automobile, but I have heard a similar story that it was a military inspector putting his mark on firearms that were accepted. It could have its origins in any of several other languages that have a similar sounding word with the same meaning: oikea (Finnish), oke (Liberian), hoakeh (Burmese), okeh (American Indian).
2006-12-20 00:37:39 · answer #3 · answered by Knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok aren't letters for anything, it's just a shorter way to spell/say the word "okay".
OK?
2006-12-20 00:23:17 · answer #4 · answered by person 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oll Korrect (origin of OK meaning Okay)
2006-12-20 00:22:08 · answer #5 · answered by Bistro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some will say Old Kinderhook or oll korrect or have another supposition, but the etymology is, simply, uncertain.
2006-12-20 00:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay
2006-12-20 00:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by babycakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay
2006-12-20 00:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by riddlemethis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay
means u agree with
2006-12-20 00:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by rocketscientist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK = Oklahoma
2006-12-20 00:32:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋