02-03-2014, 12:43 PM | #46 |
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Just because an author thought that the origin of "OK" presented in the book was an objective fact doesn't make it so, and just because Wikipedia can be edited by anyone doesn't make it wrong. The possible explanations for the origin of "OK" presented in the Wikipedia article are well-documented. The one thing we can say about it is that no one really knows where it came from with any significant degree of certainly.
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02-03-2014, 02:11 PM | #47 |
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Precisely. Etymology is not an exact science. If you start reading about the origins of certain expressions, you will come across a lot of guesswork - and lots of people who are absolutely sure that their explanation is the only one with any merit.
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There are some words that we know the precise origin of. For example, the word "blurb" was coined in 1907 by the American humorous writer Gelett Burgess in a book called "Are You a Bromide?".
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