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Author Topic: Where did OK come from?  (Read 769 times)

Offline Seed_Of_Evil
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Where did OK come from?
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2001, 01:11:18 AM »
WOW nice info friends...! It\'s OK ;)
Todas estas cosas se perderán en el tiempo como lágrimas en la lluvia.

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Re: Some Theories
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2001, 01:49:03 AM »
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Originally posted by Gohan

The Scottish theory
We\'ve all heard the Scottish expression, och-aye. An author in the Nottingham Journal in 1943 suggests that OK is simply an adaptation of this expression. The Scottish expression derives from och, meaning an exclamation of surprise and aye meaning yes, and has been in existence since perhaps the 16th century.



och-aye that sounds like the right one, yet another great SCOTTISH INVENTION !

to add to the list of the others like

TRAINS
The Wheel
GTA 3
SEX
The Sun and Moon
Cool Fusion reactors
Self removing pants
and the edable G-string ;)
“If you’re talking about sheep or goats, there could be some issues,” [/color]

 

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