{"id":7510,"date":"2024-02-20T03:31:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T03:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2024-02-14T03:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T03:31:52","slug":"all-correct-the-history-and-uses-of-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/travel-fun\/all-correct-the-history-and-uses-of-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"\"All Correct\"? - The History and Uses of \"OK\""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/travel-fun\/all-correct-the-history-and-uses-of-ok\/#The_history_of_OK\" >The history of OK<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/travel-fun\/all-correct-the-history-and-uses-of-ok\/#The_first_use_of_OK\" >The first use of OK<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/travel-fun\/all-correct-the-history-and-uses-of-ok\/#Other_things_to_know_about_OK\" >Other things to know about OK<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/travel-fun\/all-correct-the-history-and-uses-of-ok\/#Mystery_solved\" >Mystery solved!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>\"OK\" is a special word because of how universal it is. If you go to almost any nation in the world, the people there will probably understand it even if their own language is very different from English.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But do you know where OK comes from? This article will introduce the origin, hidden meaning and uses of one of the most useful words in the English language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The basic meaning of OK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070538\/pexels-vie-studio-7004950-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Short phrases printed on small pieces of paper. In the center is the phrase &quot;Are you OK?&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-7512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070538\/pexels-vie-studio-7004950-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070538\/pexels-vie-studio-7004950-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070538\/pexels-vie-studio-7004950-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070538\/pexels-vie-studio-7004950-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070538\/pexels-vie-studio-7004950-840x560.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You probably know that OK is used to mean things like \u201cI agree,\u201d \u201cGood,\u201d \u201cI understand,\u201d etc. It is a convenient way to express approval in a variety of situations, such as accepting a request (\u201cI\u2019ll do it\") or an invitation (\u201cI will join you\").<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can also refer to someone\u2019s physical or mental condition, and in this case, the meaning is \u201cfair\u201d or \u201cnot bad\u201d rather than \u201cgood.\u201d The same is true if it is used to comment on quality (\"The food at that restaurant is OK\").<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a question, OK can confirm that someone accepts a task or to ask if someone understands. That\u2019s quite a lot of different uses!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the story behind how these two letters came to mean all of these things was a mystery for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_history_of_OK\"><\/span><strong>The history of OK<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070736\/pexels-valentine-angel-fernandez-14990530-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"People walking on a rainy street underneath an umbrella with &quot;OK&quot; printed on it\" class=\"wp-image-7513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070736\/pexels-valentine-angel-fernandez-14990530-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070736\/pexels-valentine-angel-fernandez-14990530-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070736\/pexels-valentine-angel-fernandez-14990530-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070736\/pexels-valentine-angel-fernandez-14990530-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070736\/pexels-valentine-angel-fernandez-14990530-840x560.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, experts thought that OK may have come from Greek, Scottish, Choctaw (a Native American language) or perhaps a West African language. This is because these languages all share words with similar pronunciations and meanings to OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in the 1960s, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allen_Walker_Read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Allen Walker Read<\/a>, a Columbia University professor studying language, finally helped to solve this mystery when he found the source of OK. This discovery became one of the biggest achievements of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_first_use_of_OK\"><\/span><strong>The first use of OK<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Allen Walker Read found that OK first appeared in print on March 23, 1839, in the <em>Boston Morning Post<\/em>, a newspaper in the US state of Massachusetts. Also written there were the original words OK is short for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>o.k. -all correct-<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out that OK was originally the shortened form of \"Oll Korrect,\" which is a playful way of spelling \u201cAll Correct!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be wondering about the strange spelling of Oll Korrect, but this is not rare in English. For example, have you heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krispykreme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Krispy Kreme Doughnuts<\/a>, the American doughnut chain with stores around the world? The regular spelling would actually be \u201cCrispy Cream.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And since we\u2019ve mentioned doughnuts, one of Krispy Kreme's rivals in the US is the chain <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dunkin%27_Donuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dunkin\u2019 Donuts<\/a> (now just called \"Dunkin'\") \u2014 notice how \u201cdoughnuts\u201d is spelled differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, there are brands like the American powdered drink Kool-Aid (\"cool\") and the ride-sharing service Lyft (\"lift\"). Unusual spelling like this is easy to notice and easy to remember!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_things_to_know_about_OK\"><\/span><strong>Other things to know about OK<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070840\/pexels-artem-podrez-6786618-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"A woman making the &quot;OK&quot; gesture\" class=\"wp-image-7514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070840\/pexels-artem-podrez-6786618-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070840\/pexels-artem-podrez-6786618-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/11\/22070840\/pexels-artem-podrez-6786618-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that helps make OK such a special word is that it can be represented with a hand gesture. In the US and other English-speaking countries, forming an \"O\" with the index finger and thumb while raising the other fingers represents \"OK.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like the word, the gesture can be used to express that you are in good condition or to check someone else's condition. In this way, it is similar to the \"<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thumb_signal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thumbs-up<\/a>\" gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in some cultures, this same gesture has different \u2014 and sometimes negative \u2014&nbsp;meanings, so be careful where you use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, OK has more than one spelling and a few different versions. Depending on where you read it, it may be spelled as \"okay.\" Also, it can be extended to \"A-OK,\" which is more casual and was originally an astronaut term for \"<strong>A<\/strong>ll systems <strong>OK<\/strong>.\"&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there is still one more version of it: \"Okey dokey.\" This version is the most informal of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mystery_solved\"><\/span><strong>Mystery solved<\/strong>!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning the history of even the most common words and expressions can result in fun and surprising information. Similar to OK, abbreviations like <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/old-english-acronyms-that-are-still-popular-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OMG<\/a> (Oh My God) and <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/daily-news\/article\/lol-why-were-not-really-laughing-out-loud\/mWVyqvRLEe2Y5e8wJ7vI6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LOL<\/a> (Laugh Out Loud) have histories you may not have expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not necessary to learn the origins of language in order to speak it. 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