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Bookmark or Share- Difference between "OK" and "okay" - English Language & Usage Stack ...The Origin of OK "OK" was born in America in the 1830s. Much like the text messaging abbreviations of today, "OK" was an abbreviation for a funny misspelling of "all correct": "oll korrekt." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the "okay" spelling didn’t appear until 1895.
- What is "Oki-doki" or "Oki-dokie" or "Okay-dokay"Okay, since now we know what is the origin of OK (I like the Oll Korrect version), I have another question about it's relative: What is an "Oki-doki" or "Oki-dokie" or "Okay-dokay"?
- Where did the term "OK/Okay" come from? - English Language & Usage ...OK or okay {abbr. of oll korrect, facetious alter. of all correct} (1839) : all right My assessment Searches of the Google Books database and the Library of Congress Chronicling America newspaper database confirm that it is difficult to find a legitimate instance of OK in the sense of "all right" or "all correct" from before 1840.
- Responding with "OK" & "Welcome" to "Thank you" [duplicate]Rarely, native english speakers do respond to "thank you" with "ok". When they do it's likely they're indicating that the "thank you" was inappropreate. If I slap your face and your responce is "thank you", my reply of "ok" may mean I think you're an idiot for thanking me for slapping you. Particularly if I'm rolling my eyes at the time.
- What is the difference between "ok" and "alright"?"OK" is particularly difficult, with many folk etymologies (like letterism for "Orl Korrect") and even an expansion or two (Okey Dokey and okay). It is very informal, and I believe quite universal across brands of English, but perhaps less in Britain.
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