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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
LOL! 
I think I know the answer to Stitchawl's question, and I think it's an urban myth. I think it happens again in 2016 and last happened in 2005. My suggestion in spoilers below: |
Yes, your spoilers is the answer I was looking for.
Is it a myth? I really don't know. It was just something that was passed along to me recently. I thought it interesting.
So how about another question from you. Perhaps this time less ethnocentric so we have a chance of guessing.
Stitchawl[/QUOTE]
My son told me that fact of yours a couple of weeks ago. It didn't quite ring true (given the cyclical nature of the calendar) so I checked it out, hence knowing the years it happens.
Next question then;
There are several proposed etymologies of the phrase 'OK', ranging from a contraction of Martin van Buren's nickname (Old Kinderhook), a connection with a biscuit company and a derivation from a Native American word, but one of them is the proposal that OK is a contraction of a deliberately misspelt phrase. What is that two word phrase, and what is the misspelt version?