Comments on: OK in War and Urban Myth http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=199 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: rbeard http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=199&cpage=1#comment-91992 rbeard Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:47:25 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=199#comment-91992 Matthew, You should subscribe to our Good Word series. Click "OK" in this post and it will take you to an example which should have a link to the registration page. This is the same explanation I give. In fact, it is the one everyone gives since Mr. Read, whom I acknowledge in my Good Word essaylet, made the case for it. Matthew,

You should subscribe to our Good Word series. Click “OK” in this post and it will take you to an example which should have a link to the registration page. This is the same explanation I give. In fact, it is the one everyone gives since Mr. Read, whom I acknowledge in my Good Word essaylet, made the case for it.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=199&cpage=1#comment-91187 Matthew Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:14:05 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=199#comment-91187 The main explanation for OK that I have seen, which <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/okay.html" rel="nofollow">The Phrase Finder</a> says was confirmed by Professor Allen Walker Read, is that it came from "Oll Korrect," a comic version of "All Correct." The main explanation for OK that I have seen, which The Phrase Finder says was confirmed by Professor Allen Walker Read, is that it came from “Oll Korrect,” a comic version of “All Correct.”

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