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23. No word of such widespread use is of such uncertain etymology

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 05:54 AM

Aug 2013

There simply is no convincing single theory of the terms origin, and so no way of knowing the "correct" spelling. (Woodrow Wilson would have it as "okeh", incidentally.)

That said, it is the most widely-understood lexeme in the world.

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Ok or Okay [View all] B Calm Aug 2013 OP

Debatable Downwinder Aug 2013 #1

OK, in response to a direct question means the affirmative... ret5hd Aug 2013 #2

's alright! pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #3

"Easy for you, difficult for me, Senor Wences!" CTyankee Aug 2013 #5

He was a true artist pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #8

I am now Jello olddots Aug 2013 #14

Sorry, olddots. Maybe this will help... pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #22

A writing teacher told our class frogmarch Aug 2013 #4

I was a copy editor for many outdoor magazines, RebelOne Aug 2013 #17

"Okie-dokie." Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #6

B Calm or Be calm? nt Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #7

Okie Doki.. AsahinaKimi Aug 2013 #9

No prob pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #10

okej in swedish Quantess Aug 2013 #11

OH, OK. petronius Aug 2013 #12

K bluesbassman Aug 2013 #13

Shaw 'Nuff cliffordu Aug 2013 #15

I H8 it! pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #16

OK - Oklahoma Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #18

HI rug Aug 2013 #19

BOTH -- Okay, OK: MiddleFingerMom Aug 2013 #20

Alrighty then... pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #21

No word of such widespread use is of such uncertain etymology Recursion Aug 2013 #23

No. LWolf Aug 2013 #24

A woman introduced herself as Um Okay Quantess Aug 2013 #25

Ok existed before Oklahoma. Lex Aug 2013 #26