Thanks to Jimski for unwittingly suggesting this one.
The expression "OK" is known around the planet. I've never heard anyone give a convincing explanation of where it came from, what it originally meant. Your challenge is to come up with a theory that I'd buy. You can repeat what you've heard, if you've heard a theory that works for you, or just tell me any fool lie. Up to you.
O am not particularly fond of this explanationa, but... during the war of 1812, self-taught literate milita officers (read the annals of Lewis & Clark if you want an example, or the famous quote "Daniel Boone kilt a barr at this tree." OK is supposedly an abreviation of All Correct (Oll Korect) and as those people spread westword, so did the abreviation.
Posted by: kitgefallen at July 1, 2002 08:35 AMIt's short for "Okey Dokey"... Right? ;-D
Posted by: Lucilla at July 1, 2002 01:16 PMIt's gotta' be Latin... Everything comes from Latin... And babies in Eshtine's family are born speaking Latin, did you know that?
~hehehe~
Posted by: Pollux at July 2, 2002 08:50 AMHi,
O.K. means afaik officially known
carpe diem
Rainer
Posted by: Rainer at May 19, 2003 05:55 AMhi,
what does "GI" stands for?????????????????
in vino veritas
Rainer
Posted by: Rainer at May 19, 2003 05:57 AMI´ve heard that in a war, there was a board, where the soldiers wrote the number of casualties each day. it was like "___ killed". and when no one died, they used to write " 0 killed" which meant the day wasn´t bad, therefore, the day was "OK"
OK came about back
in the late 1830s when it was fashionable to have
comical misspelling acronyms. It stood for "Oll
korrect" but really didn't cement into place until it
was picked up as the catch phrase for the political
party of Martin "Old Kinderhook" Van Buren in 1940.
It stuck.
This is archived in the Straight Dope website.
GI stands for "Government Issue"
Posted by: Chaos at January 30, 2005 07:28 PM