Thread: In AMERICAN English.. OK or Okay?
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Old 09-19-2013, 08:15 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by VydorScope View Post
Actually it might be. All though the history of the work is not certain, one contender is that it is short for "all correct" which was spelled as "Oll Korrect" or even "Ole Kurreck" by many people in the mid-1800's who were not exactly as literate as general population is today.

Whether or not that history is correct is unknown. There are several other contenders such as a political campaign (OK was initials of the guy running) and Choctaw (Native American tribe) word (okeh). So in short, no one knows

So that is why O.K. can be okay
I've always thought it was coming from "zero killed" -> 0 Killed -> O.K.
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