Lots of theories, some sillier than others. This one is interesting, if a touch dogmatic:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_250.html Google "OK origin" for the other hundred-odd theories... :-) JH On 09 Jan 2008, at 7:31 PM, Dominic Lowe wrote: Hello Everyone,I haven't posted for a while... the last time when I used the term 'gang up' (as in 'ganging up pages' in pagination).
Since it is still holiday season, I wonder if anyone can help me with the origin of 'ok' aka 'okay' (the latter I think being a phonetic approach).
Among the explanations I have heard is that it's some corruption of the German 'alles korrekt' (?). The others seem even more unlikely. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know?
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