The origins of “OK”
This is an interesting article on the humorously-intended origins of “OK” and how it spread around the world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12503686
As a side-note, even though OK is also used in Japan this paragraph interested me:
“Almost every language has an O vowel, a K consonant, and an A vowel. So OK is a very distinctive combination of very familiar elements. And that’s one reason it’s so successful. OK stands apart.”
In Japanese there actually is not a long A vowel. OK is usually written オーケー which phonetically is oh keh with elongated vowels.
doug
Doug, I thought OK was for Oscar Kogan, Yackle number 16. I thought he made it popular in Italy when he was there and your dad and I made it popular in Japan. So now as Yackle # 32 you know the real derivation of OK
Was that back in 1830? :)doug