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Te gusta Dinero??
  Si, No, Si, Por Supuesto
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saotomi5102

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:17 pm
The term O.K. is commonly spelled okay.

It is an acronym.

The term comes from Royal England.

People who be asked something by the king and they would respond:
Of course my King.

This became a sarcastic term when people would say to people like "all hail the mighty" rolleyes

so anyway they shortened it to O.K.

okay is its phonetic sound  
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:45 pm
Using okay is still correct.

okay |ˈōˈkā| exclamation, adjective, adverb, noun, & verb variant spelling of OK 1 .
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OK 1 (also okay |ˈōˈkā|) informal exclamation used to express assent, agreement, or acceptance : OK, I'll pass on your message

| OK, OK, I give in.

• used to introduce an utterance : “OK, let's go.” adjective [ predic. ] satisfactory but not exceptionally or especially good : the flight was OK.

• (of a person) in a satisfactory physical or mental state : are you OK, Ben?

• permissible; allowable : I'm not sure if it's OK to say that to a teacher. adverb in a satisfactory manner or to a satisfactory extent : the computer continues to work OK. noun [in sing. ]

an authorization or approval : do you know how long it takes for those pen-pushers to give us the OK ?

verb ( OK's, OK'd, OK'ing) [ trans. ] sanction or give approval to : the governor recently OK'd the execution of a man who had committed murder.

ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably an abbreviation of orl korrect, humorous form of all correct, popularized as a slogan during President Van Buren's reelection campaign of 1840; his nickname Old Kinderhook (derived from his birthplace) provided the initials.  

Bellatrixie


The Man who was Thursday

PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:33 pm
Behold! The development of language.  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:57 am
And life moves on.  

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sswolfie

PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:07 pm
What a random poll. It has nothing to do with this topic. And why is it in spanish?  
PostPosted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:08 pm
I thought that "O.K." came from people saying, "All correct", which was changed to "Oll Korrect", and then shortened to"O.K.", but I guess I was wrong.  

The_0ther_Account


x_Chromatic Zelda_x

PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:12 am
Judas lscariot
Behold! The development of language.


Just gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling, doesn't it?

Oh oh oh I know another one, hehe. "Wrong" is always spelled wrong. ^^;; I know, it's a stupid joke, but I thought it was funny...  
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:52 am
I think the poll is in Latin.

OK comes from two sources. The first is the nickname Old Kinderhook from President Van Buren. The second was "Oll Korrect", an intentional misspelling used by a Boston a newpaper.  

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The Man who was Thursday

PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:42 am
Yami no Hitokiri
I think the poll is in Latin.

OK comes from two sources. The first is the nickname Old Kinderhook from President Van Buren. The second was "Oll Korrect", an intentional misspelling used by a Boston a newpaper.


Definitely not. Spanish or Portuguese, and I'm almost positive it's Spanish.  
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:38 pm
I have never thought about that. I had once I read this.  

Rhannon`TillGrade9


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:49 pm
The poll is in Spanish.
The question is "Do you like money?"
The answer is "Yes, no, yes, for supposed."
Which makes not a lot of sense, but whatever.

Ano...the words I spell incorrectly are a lot, all right, and execute.  
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:59 pm
I have heard some of the stories how O.K. or okay came about. I can't add any more to to this thread. Only to agree with it.  

Denise13


Yokushi

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:34 pm
komouri_yokai
The poll is in Spanish.
The question is "Do you like money?"
The answer is "Yes, no, yes, for supposed."
Which makes not a lot of sense, but whatever.

Ano...the words I spell incorrectly are a lot, all right, and execute.


"for supposed" is incorrect. If you translate it to mean something like it does in Spanish, you actually read it "Of course". Like so: "Do you like money? Yes, no, yes, of course."

And for O.K. I heard that it was used as a military terminology, at the end of a successful battle if no one was killed they would write Zero Killed or O.K.  
PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:17 pm
Ooooh history smile

interesting... surprised

bored now, as long as it's correct to use, its fine with me xd  

Bladeglory

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saotomi5102

PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:52 pm
Just to let you all know, por supuesto can mean "of course". And i put it in Spanish because I Felt Like It.

So it is Spanish, not Latin Yami No Hitokiri, not Latin  
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