Every day we use thousands of words to communicate at work, with family and friends. However, there is an expression made up of just two letters that we say several times to express an affirmation or acceptance and which is considered the most used in the world.
It’s about the word “All right”. This term is used throughout the planet in more than 600 languages and in its different variations such as oki, okey, oka, among others. However, what many don’t know is where it comes from.
Second Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) in Spanish it is possible to use the expression “OK” in capital letters and in the adaptations “okey” and “oká”.
The origin of the word “OK”. Photo: Pexels.What is the origin of OK?
THE first documentation found with the word “OK” It dates back to 1815 and is the handwritten diary of William Richardson, in which he recounts his journey from Boston to New Orleans shortly after the end of the Battle of New Orleans. In his diary she wrote: “Arrived at Princeton, a nice little town, 15 miles from N Brunswick, OK and in Trenton, where we had dinner at 1 p.m.” However, the use of this expression in Richardson’s text cannot be considered the birth of this term.
As for yours origin There are several theories. One of the most popular states this This expression was born during the Civil War in the United States (1861-1865) and was used to communicate that a battle had ended without deaths among its ranks. The term “0 Killed” was plastered on a sign reading “0K.”
The word “OK” is believed to come from an expression used in the American Civil War. Unsplash photoThe researcher and etymologist Allen Walker Read discovered that he is the journalist Charles Gordon Greene, editor of the newspaper The Boston Morning Post first used the term “ok” as an abbreviation of “oll korrect” in a publication dated March 23, 1839. This word, like many others, is the result of abbreviations.
Another theory dates back to the 1840s when the President Martin Van Buren used “ok” as his campaign slogan leading the Democratic Party. This expression was meant to represent his nickname “Old Kinderhook”.
Source: Clarin
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