C'est OK

Sigma   Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:39 pm GMT
OK cames from the abreviation: O Killed (Zero Killed) it came from World War II.
Uriel   Mon Sep 12, 2005 2:08 am GMT
Hardly, Sigma. The word has been in use since at least the 1830's, and its etymology is hotly disputed, but may come from a fad of misspelled abbreviations, a Cherokee or African loan, or any of a few other theories, none of them proven. But it is at least a hundred years older than WW2.
Guest   Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:46 am GMT
OK: Abbreviation of oll korrect, slang respelling of all correct.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oll_korrect