2023 Author: Gordon Kinson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-24 11:09
You open the Safari browser on your iPhone, but instead of the page you want, you see a window that says "Cellular data is turned off." This iOS kindly reminds you that you forgot to connect to your mobile Internet or Wi-Fi. You can remove the reminder by pressing the OK button. By the way - have you ever wondered where these two letters came from?
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The meaning of the word O'kay (pronounced as "oh'key") is known even to older people. When pronouncing it, people agree with something / say that everything is in order / declare that the subject or object of discussion is fashionable, modern, “top”. In computer interfaces, OK (in word or in the form of a "checkmark") means confirmation of an action.
7 versions of the origin of the word OK
Of course, okay has a lot of "parents", as is often the case in such situations. Here are just a few of the versions:
Illiteracy. It is said that OK was originally AK, short for All Correct. But over time, the letter A was transformed into O - according to the principle "as we hear, so we write" (and this expression is heard as "All Correct"). So, according to rumors, the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, wrote.
A sly politician from the 19th century. American Democratic President Martin Van Buuren was born in Kinderhook, Kinderhook, New York. In order to better be remembered by voters during the election campaign, Van Buuren began calling himself Old Kinderhook in 1840, and then came up with the catchy slogan "Old Kinderhook is OK".
"German trace". Proofreaders from Germany, when they received an ideal article that did not need corrections, wrote on it: Ohne Korrektur ("one proofreading"), i.e. "No fixes."
"English version. The British pilots of the Second World War adopted from the French the record "0 killed" (no killed), in a short version looked like 0 K (sounded like "Ou Kay").
"French" version. In Occitan language (one of the dialects of French), from time immemorial, they say “ok” when they want to express consent. It is believed that in the course of centuries of conflicts between the French and the British, the latter adopted "ok". The Canadians, who had long been subjects of the French monarchy, could have done the same.
"Greek" version. In Greek there is an expression "ολα καλα", which means "everything is in order." The first letters of these words were drawn by tracklayers in the United States on rails. The person who saw them understood that the railway track had already been checked, and there should not be any problems with it.
“This is Oklahoma!”, Just in short, local residents say. They assure that the start of the "Ocean" was accidentally given by political activity in ancient times. The name of the state for the next election campaign had to be shortened, so as a result, the famous OK appeared.
Interesting Facts
- In Brazil and Germany, the OK gesture ("ring" of thumb and forefinger) is considered offensive - Brazilians understand this as an offer to engage in anal sex (and the one who sees it is offered the role of a passive partner), the Germans - as comparing oneself to the anus.
- Experts say "okay" is the most commonly used word on the planet.
- On March 23, 2014, the word Okay - according to the Global Language Monitor (GLM) - turned 175 (!) Years old.
See also:
- How to fish on iPhone - literally (video).
- 11 foods to help prolong youth.
- What the first logos of Apple, Playboy, Pepsi, Mercedes and other well-known companies looked like.
