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Unveiling the Power of "OK": A Linguistic Journey Through History

Discover the intriguing origins, various meanings, and widespread usage of the versatile word "OK" in different contexts across languages. Uncover how this simple word has made immense impact in English history.

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Unveiling the Power of "OK": A Linguistic Journey Through History

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  1. The Most Powerful Word In English History

  2. OK

  3. Great Achievements • Muti-function • Exist in almost every language • Positive meaning

  4. Various usages • adj. “ Dinner was O.K.” • verb. “Can you O.K. this for me?” • Noun. “I need your O.K. on this.” • Interj. “O.K., I hear you.” • Adv. “We did O.K.”

  5. Different spellings • OK • O.K. • Okay • Okeh

  6. Different contexts • “ ‘Shall we go?’ ‘O.K.’” • “O.K.!” • “The party was O.K.” • “O.K., can I have your attention please?”

  7. Origins of “OK”

  8. Somebody or Something • Old Keokuk • Obadiah Kelly • Orrins-Kendall

  9. Dialect • Oikea • Aux Cayes • okeh

  10. OllKerrectby Andrew Jackson • In fact--- • according to Allen Walker Read’s research • A fad in New York & Boston in 1838 • Ollwright (allright)→ O.W. • Ollkerrect (all correct) → O.K. • Know yuse (no use) → K.Y.

  11. 1839-1840 • 1839- first appeared in print newspaper • 1840- presidential election the nick name of Martin Van Buran “Old Kinderhook”

  12. That’s the story of “OK”

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