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Where does the word OK or Okay come from? I have always wanted to know!
Do the individual letters O and K actually stand for words?
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I've heard it comes from Africa (but is that just "folk entymology?)
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There's also the theory that it comes from Kinderhook, NY (a town up in Columbia county, where US 9 crosses NY 21).
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This should shed some light on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay
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It pays to search the site (sometimes):
http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t8984.htm
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Some Greeks claim it comes from their "ólla kallá" which pretty much means "all good" or "okay". But that's just them... ;)
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