I spell it out, what's the difference?
2007-10-24 19:57:53 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i spell it 'ok'... okay?
2007-10-25 11:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are supposed to say:
OK but phonetically you say okay.
It is an abbreviation of oll korrect (all clear)
1839, only survivor of a slang fad in Boston and New York c.1838-9 for abbreviations of common phrases with deliberate, jocular misspellings (cf. K.G. for "no go," as if spelled "know go"); in this case, "oll korrect." Further popularized by use as an election slogan by the O.K. Club, New York boosters of Democratic president Martin Van Buren's 1840 re-election bid, in allusion to his nickname Old Kinderhook, from his birth in the N.Y. village of Kinderhook. Van Buren lost, the word stuck, in part because it filled a need for a quick way to write an approval on a document, bill, etc. The noun is first attested 1841; the verb 1888. Spelled out as okeh, 1919, by Woodrow Wilson, on assumption that it represented Choctaw okeh "it is so" (a theory which lacks historical documentation); this was ousted quickly by okay after the appearance of that form in 1929. Okey-doke is student slang first attested 1932.
Main Entry: 1OK
Variant(s): or okay \Å-ËkÄ, in assenting or agreeing also ËÅ-ËkÄ\
Function: adverb or adjective
Etymology: abbreviation of oll korrect, facetious alteration of all correct
Date: 1839
2007-10-25 06:59:19 · answer #2 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"OK" is what you say when you talk quick in a statement.
"okay" Is used in many ways, but mostly when a person tells you a statement that is kind of hard to believe. the word is kinda said slowly. Okay.
2007-10-25 03:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Quiet Storm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference. OK or Okay, both the same.
2007-10-25 03:00:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The short form of okay is ok.so both are correct.
2007-10-25 03:09:19 · answer #5 · answered by dicovi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK / Okay... works both ways.
2007-10-25 03:01:04 · answer #6 · answered by Ace 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both.
2007-10-25 03:00:10 · answer #7 · answered by Robert C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK because people still know what you mean.
2007-10-25 03:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK thats how u spll it
2007-10-25 03:00:30 · answer #9 · answered by Shley 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-10-25 03:00:29 · answer #10 · answered by joseph b 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋