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soup_nazi OK? 31.03.04, 20:23

masterman napisał:

> Pytanie moze bardzo prozaiczne: skad sie wzielo "OK"?
> Prosze o odpowiedzi "in english". Pozdrawiam.

Word History: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from
English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate
for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of
sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that
date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to
reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes
the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March
1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor
the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most
similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840
campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren
was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable
for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of
a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: “frightful letters... significant
of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying
word of the Democracy of the late election, ‘all correct’.... Those who wear
them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions...
to make all things O.K.”

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soup_nazi OK? 31.03.04, 20:23

masterman napisał:

> Pytanie moze bardzo prozaiczne: skad sie wzielo "OK"?
> Prosze o odpowiedzi "in english". Pozdrawiam.

Word History: OK is a quintessentially American term that has spread from
English to many other languages. Its origin was the subject of scholarly debate
for many years until Allen Walker Read showed that OK is based on a joke of
sorts. OK is first recorded in 1839 but was probably in circulation before that
date. During the 1830s there was a humoristic fashion in Boston newspapers to
reduce a phrase to initials and supply an explanation in parentheses. Sometimes
the abbreviations were misspelled to add to the humor. OK was used in March
1839 as an abbreviation for all correct, the joke being that neither the O nor
the K was correct. Originally spelled with periods, this term outlived most
similar abbreviations owing to its use in President Martin Van Buren's 1840
campaign for reelection. Because he was born in Kinderhook, New York, Van Buren
was nicknamed Old Kinderhook, and the abbreviation proved eminently suitable
for political slogans. That same year, an editorial referring to the receipt of
a pin with the slogan O.K. had this comment: “frightful letters... significant
of the birth-place of Martin Van Buren, old Kinderhook, as also the rallying
word of the Democracy of the late election, ‘all correct’.... Those who wear
them should bear in mind that it will require their most strenuous exertions...
to make all things O.K.”

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Gość: Tamtejszy Re: OK ? IP: *.proxy.aol.com 02.04.04, 06:23

Enter OK ORIGINS or OK ETYMOLOGY in your search. Scores of explanations.
Gość: ok oki doki IP: 154.11.109.* 02.04.04, 08:21

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