I am a Chinese man coming from Hong Kong. "Are you OK?" is commonly used here, but in HK, there is only one meaning, OK for sex? Does the English people also have the same implication?
2006-12-27 01:53:06 · 4 answers · asked by Beckham 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Is this a stupid question so nobody wants to answer?
2006-12-27 04:32:55 · update #1
No, it doesn't mean that. It's just checking on the health / wellbeing of someone. Thus, if you fell over and then immediately got up, I would ask "Are you okay?", just to make sure you weren't badly injured, and could carry on. I would never want to have sex with you, I'm straight!
2006-12-30 08:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The expresion OK (or Okay) is used here in the UK either to agree with someone (which is maybe where the consent part can be confused) for example if my daughter was to say to me "mum can I stay out late tonight" - my response could be "OK" - giving consent. (though it is more likely to be no!)
OK is also used as previously described to check on wellbeing - "are you ok?"
OK can also be used to express that a message has been understood - during a conversation (perhaps over the telephone) if the caller is giving an important message, the person receiving the call may say "OK" to confirm they have understood the instruction.
OK can be used to admit defeat - for example if people are arguing and the argument is going on and on and on...one may say..."ok ok" - a signal that they give up
hope this helps you to avoid getting the wrong signal - OK?
2006-12-30 23:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the uk it's do you wanna feck for sex lol
are you ok means are you of good health
2006-12-31 00:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by needanswers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and no! Happy New Year. Is that O.K!
2006-12-30 08:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by maria bartoninfrance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋