Vocabulary

Happy OK Day!

On 23 March 1839, the word OK appeared for the first time in the Boston Morning Globe. It was a humorous abbreviation for "oll korrect". Funny abbreviations were a fad at the time, like the netspeak we see today.

We at Because Language hope your day is OK. pic.twitter.com/UmlhUqmPUR

— Because Language (@becauselangpod) March 23, 2025

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From yesterday

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:rofl:

Sounds like an April Fools joke to me.

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If anything, they should make c redundant when k and s suffice. :wink:

Or only use c for the ch sound. :slight_smile: