Origin of O.K.

[LP]

Have you ever thought about the origin of O.K ?
I came across an article about the origin of OK. Its interesting.
What’s the Real Origin of “OK”? | Mental Floss

[muqawwee123]

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Oll Korrect

[LP]

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Did you ever question about the full form of the abbreviation O.K.?
I mean, did it cross your mind?

[TlGER]

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The one I read somewhere was something else, but this one makes sense. But with the passage of time it also became into something OKAY. what do you say about that? Because I think it’s just a try to getting rid of the POINT sign “.”

[LP]

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@TlGER

The one I read somewhere was something else, but this one makes sense. But with the passage of time it also became into something OKAY. what do you say about that? Because I think it’s just a try to getting rid of the POINT sign “.”

What had you read?
Okay ka pata nahi. I use variations of ok myself. OK, Oke, Okay
But what you said kinda makes sense.

[muqawwee123]

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@Little Princess

Did you ever question about the full form of the abbreviation O.K.?
I mean, did it cross your mind?

Yes I did and I knew to the extent of Oll Korrect. Probably, Oxford Dictionary also got Oll Korrect reference.

[TlGER]

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Oh, and nowadays it seems that there is a little addition of “Z”, which is also in fashion now.

Okayz, so looks like in 50 more years it will be like OKAYZMURA

[LP]

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See how Oxford dictionary got it

There is no consensus on the origins of “okay.” Several possibilities exist.
Boston abbreviation fad
The etymology that most reference works provide today is based on a survey of the word’s early history in print: a series of six articles by Allen Walker Read in the journal American Speech in 1963 and 1964.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He tracked the spread and evolution of the word in American newspapers and other written documents, and later throughout the rest of the world. He also documented controversy surrounding okay and the history of its folk etymologies, both of which are intertwined with the history of the word itself. Read’s work has nevertheless been called in for closer scrutiny by scholars of both Choctaw and West African languages.[8]
In it he argues that, at the time of its first appearance in print, a broader fad existed in the United States of “comical misspellings” and of forming and employing acronyms, themselves based on colloquial speech patterns.
The abbreviation fad began in Boston in the summer of 1838 … OFM, “our first men,” and used expressions like NG, “no go,” GT, “gone to Texas,” and SP, “small potatoes.” Many of the abbreviated expressions were exaggerated misspellings, a stock in trade of the humorists of the day. One predecessor of okay was OW, “oll wright.”
—[9]
The general fad is speculated to have existed in spoken or informal written U.S. English for a decade or more before its appearance in newspapers. OK’s original presentation as “all correct” was later varied with spellings such as “Oll Korrect” or even “Ole Kurreck”.
The term appears to have achieved national prominence in 1840, when supporters of the American Democratic political party claimed during the 1840 United States presidential election that it stood for “Old Kinderhook,” a nickname for a Democratic presidential candidate, Martin Van Buren, a native of Kinderhook, New York, who was Andrew Jackson’s protégé. “‘Vote for OK’ was snappier than using his Dutch name.”[10] In response, Whig opponents attributed OK, in the sense of “Oll Korrect,” to Andrew Jackson’s bad spelling. The country-wide publicity surrounding the election appears to have been a critical event in okay’s history, widely and suddenly popularizing it across the United States. Read had originally proposed an etymology of “okay” in “Old Kinderhook” in 1941.[11] The evidence presented in that article was somewhat sparse, and the connection to “Oll Korrect” not properly elucidated. Various challenges to the etymology were present, e.g. Heflin’s 1962 article.[12] However, Read’s landmark 1963-1964 papers silenced most of the skepticism. Read’s etymology gained immediate acceptance, and is now offered without reservation in most dictionaries.[13]
However, other etymologies have been proposed for the term:

[LP]

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@TlGER

Oh, and nowadays it seems that there is a little addition of “Z”, which is also in fashion now.

Okayz, so looks like in 50 more years it will be like OKAYZMURA

Evolution of words

[muqawwee123]

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@TlGER

The one I read somewhere was something else, but this one makes sense. But with the passage of time it also became into something OKAY. what do you say about that? Because I think it’s just a try to getting rid of the POINT sign “.”

some people write in test messages OK as ‘K’

[KKF]

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yeh abbreviated zabana maHez lazy logoN ne banaayii hogii…aajkal to aur bhii bahot se lazy log paaye jaate haiN jinhoN ne yeh sab kaarnaame anjaam diye:
**
aft = afternoon
ave = avenue
Bill = Willaiam**

etc

[Blacklisted_Prince]

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@muqawwee123

some people write in test messages OK as ‘K’

.
they use it when they are aik doosrey se naraz

[LP]

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@Khalil KhaaN FaaKhta

yeh abbreviated zabana maHez lazy logoN ne banaayii hogii…aajkal to aur bhii bahot se lazy log paaye jaate haiN jinhoN ne yeh sab kaarnaame anjaam diye:
**
aft = afternoon
ave = avenue
Bill = Willaiam**

etc

But ok isn’t merely informal anymore.

[TlGER]

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@muqawwee123

some people write in test messages OK as ‘K’

Yes, yea, yup, you are okayz, is ke kum nahi hosakta ab

[LP]

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@muqawwee123

some people write in test messages OK as ‘K’

Ok has many uses too, not just many forms of writing.
Read this :

Okay can mean “all right” or “satisfactory.” For example, “I hope the children are okay” means “I hope the children are all right”; “I think I did OK in the exam” means “I think I did well, but not perfect, on the exam”; and “he is okay” means “he is good,” or “he is well,” depending on context.
Okay meaning “all right” can be used as the stand-alone question Okay? asking if there are any problems or confusion. This question can also be used as an informal greeting, as in “Okay, Jack?” equivalent to “How are you, Jack?”
Depending on context and inflection, okay can also imply mediocrity. For example: “The concert was just okay.”
Okay can be used as an adjective or adverb: “He ran an OK race,” “He did OK.”
Okay can be used as an affirmative answer to a question or to express agreement with a statement, similar in both cases to “Yes.”
Saying okay in a sarcastic or questioning tone or elongating the word can indicate that the person one is talking to is considered crazy and/or exasperatingly stubborn in their view. “I really saw a UFO last night!” “Okay…”
Okay! can also be used as an exclamation in place of words like “enough!” or “stop!”
Okay can be a noun or verb meaning approval. “Did you get the supervisor’s okay?” “The boss okayed the proposal.”
Okay has multiple uses in public speaking. As an interjection at the opening of a speech, lecture, or reading, okay is used to call for the audience’s attention and to signal that the speaker is about to begin. Similarly, it can be used as a section break in the middle of speech to mark a shift in topic. Finally, okay can be used at the end of a speech, lecture, or explanation to request listener feedback, similar to “Are you with me?” or “Do you understand?” Based on context and convention, this usage can be seen as asking for various responses ranging from simple, silent headshaking or nodding to full, detailed questions or rebuttals.
When used in phone texting or short message system (SMS), “Okay” is occasionally truncated to a single “k.”

[mahool]

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oll correct…
Good information LP…